Gurugram: A 27-year-old man died on the spot when his car rammed into a pickup truck parked near the divider at Atlas Chowk on the Delhi-Gurugram Expressway on Wednesday. Police said the car was completely damaged in the collision.
According to the police, the incident took place at around 8 am, when the deceased was identified as Shafat AliA resident of Delhi’s Uttam Nagar, was going from Gurugram to Delhi. He was working as a driver for the past several months. Police said Ali was driving his employer’s Wagon R car and did not spot the pickup truck, which was parked near a divider and crashed into it.
“Preliminary investigation suggests that the pickup truck was parked for some repairs. The car driver may not have been able to see the truck due to fog, but it will be clear only after investigation. The car driver’s body was pulled out of the car with the help of a crane and handed over to the family after post-mortem,” said a police officer.
Shafat’s cousin Shiraz Said, “We came to know about the incident in the morning and came from Delhi. Shafat Earlier worked as a driver with cab aggregators. He was going to Delhi to give something in connection with the job. His family had recently arranged his marriage and he was soon to get engaged. We are all in shock.”
An FIR has been registered at Sector 17 police station under sections 283, 304(a) (death by negligence) and 279 (rash driving).
According to the police, the incident took place at around 8 am, when the deceased was identified as Shafat AliA resident of Delhi’s Uttam Nagar, was going from Gurugram to Delhi. He was working as a driver for the past several months. Police said Ali was driving his employer’s Wagon R car and did not spot the pickup truck, which was parked near a divider and crashed into it.
“Preliminary investigation suggests that the pickup truck was parked for some repairs. The car driver may not have been able to see the truck due to fog, but it will be clear only after investigation. The car driver’s body was pulled out of the car with the help of a crane and handed over to the family after post-mortem,” said a police officer.
Shafat’s cousin Shiraz Said, “We came to know about the incident in the morning and came from Delhi. Shafat Earlier worked as a driver with cab aggregators. He was going to Delhi to give something in connection with the job. His family had recently arranged his marriage and he was soon to get engaged. We are all in shock.”
An FIR has been registered at Sector 17 police station under sections 283, 304(a) (death by negligence) and 279 (rash driving).
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