AGRA: Eight people, including a child and three women, were killed when a speeding truck rammed into their car that was parked on the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway in Jhajjar district of Haryana on Friday morning.
The victims, residents of Nagla Anoop village in Firozabad area of Uttar Pradesh, were returning home from Gogamedi temple in Rajasthan's Hanumangarh district when the accident occured.
Out of the eight deceased, seven were from the same family. The eighth was their neighbour. Three others have been injured.
Speaking to TOI, Jasveer Singh, station house officer (SHO) of Badli in Jhajjar district, said, “The accident took place at 3.30am. The driver had stopped the car behind a stationary truck on one side of the road to take a break. A truck, whose driver probably couldn’t see the car, hit it from behind.”
He added that on the basis of a complaint received from the relatives of the family, an FIR has been registered under IPC sections 279 (rash driving), 304-A (causing death due to negligence) and others against the truck driver, who is absconding.
The eight deceased were identified as Shiv Kumar Vajpayee (57), his wife Munni Devi (55), son Manoj (26) and his wife Ruby (23), daughter Khushboo (22) and neighbour Babloo (32) from Bihar who worked as a labourer at a cold storage. Shiv Kumar was a farmer.
Manoj’s six-month-old daughter Vanshika and Shiv Kumar’s elder daughter’s son Priyanshu (14) also died on the spot. Shiv Kumar’s daughter Aarti (25), her daughter Ansi (2) and driver Monu (24) were hurt and taken to hospital.
Speaking about the incident, Aarti’s brother-in-law Ashok Kumar said, " My sister-in-law had stepped out of the car to drink water. She and her two-year-old daughter, who was in her arms, suffered critical injuries. They are receiving treatment in Rohtak. Our entire family is in shock after the tragedy."
