Youth killed, 7 hurt as truck hits three-wheeler

Gurugram, August 21

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An 18-year-old youth was killed and seven others were critically injured when a three-wheeler overturned after being struck by a speeding truck near Pachgaon Chowk on the Delhi-Jaipur highway in the early hours of Tuesday. The truck driver fled the scene with his vehicle, and the injured are currently receiving treatment at a hospital.

According to police reports, the accident occurred about a kilometre ahead of Pachgaon Chowk as the victims were returning to Bhiwadi after visiting Sahara Mall in Gurugram. An FIR has been filed against the unidentified truck driver at the Bilaspur police station.

In the complaint lodged by Suraj, the three-wheeler driver, he stated that he, along with his friends Suraj, Pankaj, Shubham, Neeraj, Sachin and Deepraj, all residents of Bhiwadi in Rajasthan, had visited Sahara Mall on Monday around 9.30 pm. While returning at 2.30 am, their three-wheeler was hit from the side by a speeding truck, causing it to overturn and injure all passengers. “Passersby immediately rushed us to a private hospital in an ambulance,” Suraj said. Suraj (18), a native of Uttar Pradesh, worked in a factory in Bhiwadi. He succumbed to his injuries during treatment.