Man rams speeding SUV into 5 two-wheelers, electricity pole

A man driving a Toyota Urban Cruiser lost control over the vehicle and banged into five two-wheelers on the Arya School road on Thursday morning. Fortunately, no loss of lives reported in the incident. Four scooters and one motorcycle were damaged by the SUV.

Even one electricity pole was also uprooted and it caused blackout in the area. After the accident, people who witnessed the incident brought out the driver from the vehicle. He was aged around 55.

Nitish, whose scooter was completely damaged in the accident, said the incident occurred around 10.30 am on Thursday. The speeding Urban Cruiser first hit a shop and then rammed into a motorcycle parked outside the shop. As the driver failed to stop the vehicle, it banged into four other Honda Activa scooters parked outside shops.

“When we took out the driver from the vehicle, he was looking tensed. He was seemingly not in his senses. He said his son had died two weeks ago and due to the same he was depressed. He lost control over the vehicle and instead of pressing brakes, he pressed accelerator. We called the police and they took the driver to the Police Division 4, “ he said.

Had there been people standing on the road, there would have been casualties, he said.

Even CCTV cameras also captured the speeding vehicle ramming into the vehicles. Shutter of one of the shops was also damaged as the vehicle had first hit the same, another shopkeeper said, adding that if the SUV owner would compensate all vehicle owners for their losses, they would withdraw their complaints.

SHO Inspector Gaganpreet Singh said the man had recently lost his son due to which he was in depression and while driving he mistakenly press accelerator, which led to the accident. Family members of the man, who stays in Sundar Nagar, said they would compensate for all losses caused by the mishap.