Dog, car & crash: 25-year-old sub-inspector dies saving stray in Ghaziabad; was preparing for IAS
Police are investigating the cause of the accident, but preliminary findings suggest Richa Sachan tried to avert a stray dog that had suddenly come in front of her bike near Karta Chowk, barely 200 metres from Shastri police chowki, where she was deputed just a few months ago.
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"She was returning home around 2 am after completing a patrol duty. So far, we have found that a stray dog had come in front of her motorcycle. To avoid hitting the animal, she swerved to the right but lost control and collided with the WagonR. She fell off the bike and sustained severe injuries," ACP Kavi Nagar Bhaskar Verma told TOI.
A police team from Kavi Nagar police station took Sachan to a hospital after being alerted by a passerby, but she died before doctors could treat her.
Verma said Sachan was travelling at 50 km/hour and was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash. However, the impact of the collision caused fatal head injuries.
Police are investigating the circumstances of the collision, including whether the WagonR was parked or abandoned by its driver immediately after the crash.
"We are trying to identify the vehicle's owner and determining if the car was stationary or if the driver fled," Verma said.
Sachan, originally from Kanpur, had joined the UP police force in 2023 and completed her training in March this year at the Police Training School in Meerut. She was then posted to the Shastri police outpost under the jurisdiction of Kavi Nagar police station.
Her death, meanwhile, comes at a time when the Supreme Court has directed that all stray dogs in the Delhi-NCR region be relocated to shelters to check bite cases.
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"She was only at the beginning of her service," one senior officer said. "It is a tragic loss, both for her family and for the force." Police said they are awaiting the autopsy report, but no complaint has been lodged by the family.
Her father, Rambabu, a farmer, said Sachan was preparing for the IAS exam and was due to marry next year. "Every day she used to call at 9 pm. Now, she will never call again," he told TOI. Youngest of the five siblings, Sachan had a passion for motorcycles. She had bought the Bullet bike nearly two years ago, preferring it over a scooty. Last Dec, she was injured in a road accident but continued her duties without taking leave.
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