Gurugram: A Polish vacationer and a taxi driver from Agra have been killed and two others have been injured after their automobile was rammed from behind by a dumper truck on the Kundli–Manesar–Palwal Expressway early Wednesday morning, police mentioned.
The accident occurred round 4 am close to Yadupur village in Palwal. The dumper driver fled the spot after the crash.
A senior police officer mentioned the deceased have been recognized as Nafees (29), a resident of Basai in Agra, and Michal Majzik, a Polish nationwide. Agnieszka Kacynel (27), additionally a Polish nationwide who was within the taxi with Majzik, was initially taken to an area hospital and later referred to Safdarjung Hospital, the place her situation is acknowledged to be secure.
Police mentioned that Nafees labored as a taxi driver in Delhi. He had acquired a reserving for a Taj Mahal go to and had picked up the 2 Polish vacationers from a lodge in Gurugram within the early hours of Wednesday. They have been en path to Agra when the accident occurred.
In response to a criticism filed by Manjesh Kumar, the injured truck driver from Uttar Pradesh, he had stopped his truck on the expressway after it broke down on account of an axle failure.
“I had acquired down from my truck and was waving at autos coming from behind. A taxi coming from Manesar slowed down after I flashed my torch, however I used to be hit by the automobile and acquired injured. On the identical time, a rushing dumper got here from behind and crashed into the taxi. The automobile acquired trapped between the 2 vehicles and was fully mangled,” Kumar mentioned in his criticism to the police.
Kumar knowledgeable the police, and a police workforce reached the spot and carried out rescue operations with the assistance of a crane and locals.
Primarily based on Manjesh’s criticism, police registered an FIR in opposition to the unidentified dumper driver beneath related sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
“The physique of the taxi driver has been handed over to his household after postmortem. The Polish embassy has been knowledgeable concerning the demise of the international nationwide. The injured girl is out of hazard. An FIR has been registered and efforts are on to hint and arrest the dumper driver,” SHO of the Sadar Palwal police station Sunder Pal mentioned.
Police mentioned additional investigation is underway and CCTV footage from the expressway is being examined to determine the absconding driver.
