Five, including four Jalaun policemen, killed in Haryana road mishap
Orai/Chandigarh, May 5: A speeding Scorpio collided while trying to overtake another vehicle on the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Expressway on Tuesday morning in Haryana’s Nuh district. Five people, including four Uttar Pradesh police personnel, died on the spot in the accident. All the policemen were posted in Orai, the headquarters of Jalaun district in Uttar Pradesh.
As per the eyewitnesses, on Tuesday morning near the Dhulawat toll plaza under Taoru Sadar police station limits, a black Scorpio belonging to Uttar Pradesh policemen met with a devastating accident around 10:30 a.m. when the driver, attempting to overtake another vehicle at high speed, lost control and collided with it, leaving the SUV mangled and trapping all five occupants inside; police and rescue teams rushed to the spot and struggled to extricate the victims from the wreckage.
Sheeshram Yadav, station in-charge of the Tawadu police station in Nuh district, stated that rescue and relief operations were immediately initiated upon receiving information about the incident. The magnitude of the accident can be gauged from the fact that the Scorpio was completely destroyed, and all five occupants were trapped in the debris.
The bodies were later exhumed and sent to a nearby hospital for post-mortem. The station in-charge stated that four policemen have been identified based on identity cards recovered from the scene. The deceased include ASI Mohit Yadav, Satyabhan, Ashok, and Pradeep. All of them were posted in Jalaun district. The identity of the fifth deceased has not yet been established.
The station in-charge stated that a detailed investigation is underway to determine where the policemen were headed and their reason for being there. All the policemen were traveling in a black Scorpio car, registered with the Jind RTO in Haryana. The vehicle is reportedly brand new.
Regarding the incident, Jalaun District Superintendent of Police Vinay Kumar Singh stated that four policemen and one other person were killed. Preliminary investigations indicate that speeding was the primary factor in the accident. Police are contacting the families of the deceased and are in the process of sending the bodies to their hometowns.
