Policeman dies in accident on Delhi-Jaipur highway
Delhi Police Head Constable Ashok Kumar (39) was killed in an accident on Saturday morning after the state transport bus he was travelling on overturned on the Delhi-Jaipur highway.
The bus was on its way to Jaipur when the accident took place.
According to Sub-Inspector Birender Singh of the Bilaspur Police Station, the bus was ferrying several passengers when it braked and swerved to avoid a WagonR near Panchgaon Chowk.
'The incident took place around 9.30 am. The bus was going at a significant speed… the driver saw the car and hit the brakes, but the vehicle went out of control and overturned,' Singh told The Indian Express.
The injured, including the bus driver, conductor and children, have been admitted to different hospitals with critical injuries.
'We do not have details of the total number of passengers and those injured, or where they are all being treated yet. An FIR (against the driver) is likely but, for that, the medico-legal reports as well as statements/complaints have to come from one of the injured,' said the officer.
Kumar hailed from Molawas village in Alwar district.
A brother of the policeman said he has two children, a boy and a girl. He said he was supposed to be taking his daughter as well on the bus, but decided against it as he was getting late and sent her home.
Earlier this month, a 24-year-old from Rajasthan lost his life in an accident on the same national highway.
Sumit Meena and his four friends, all from Rajasthan, were travelling from Alwar to Delhi in a Hyundai i20 on June 11 when their vehicle met with an accident near Mannat Hotel at Sidhravali around 3.30 am.
As per a complaint filed by Kamal Singh Meena, Sumit's father, at the Bilaspur police station, the vehicle was driven by Sumit's friend when it collided with an unidentified large vehicle. Kamal, in his complaint, alleged that the friend was driving negligently.
(with PTI inputs)
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