Gurgaon: A 60-year-old man and his 58-year-old wife were killed after a speeding truck rammed into their motorcycle near Tikona Park in Sohna on Friday morning.The woman died on the spot, while her husband succumbed to his injuries while being taken to Civil Hospital.Sohrab and his wife Khatija, residents of Karauli village, had gone to Sohna market on their motorcycle for some urgent work when the accident took place. Sohrab had recently retired from his job as an operator with the public health department.A police officer said that both of them were seriously injured in the collision. “Khatija died at the spot, while Sohrab was rushed to Civil Hospital in Sohna. He was declared brought dead by the doctors.”Police reached the spot after receiving information about the accident and inspected the scene. The truck involved in the collision has been seized, but its driver fled after the accident. Police are conducting a search to trace him.The officer added, “We have seized the truck involved in the accident and are investigating the circumstances leading to the collision. Statements of the deceased’s family members are being recorded. Further legal action will be taken against the truck driver based on the investigation.”The bodies have been kept in the mortuary of Civil Hospital in Sohna for postmortem examination.In another accident, a 23-year-old delivery worker was killed after the e-rickshaw he was driving rammed into a tractor from behind at a U-turn on the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway near Sector 18 on Thursday night.The victim, identified as Vidya Sagar, was a native of Darbhanga in Bihar and lived in Delhi’s Lado Sarai. The accident took place between 9:30 pm and 10 pm when he was returning home after completing a delivery. He was not carrying any parcel at the time of the accident.According to police, the e-rickshaw collided with the tractor while approaching the U-turn. The impact left Sagar critically injured. He was taken to Civil Hospital, where the hospital authorities informed police about the incident around 2:30 am on Friday.A police officer said, “The accident took place near Sector 18 when the e-rickshaw rammed into a tractor from behind. We received information from Civil Hospital in the early hours of Friday. The identity of the tractor driver is yet to be established.”Police said a case has been registered against the unidentified tractor driver at Sector 17/18 police station. Investigators are examining the circumstances leading to the collision and trying to establish the identity of the tractor driver.The postmortem examination was conducted on Friday. Police are also verifying the sequence of events and the route taken by the deceased before the accident.Sagar was working as a delivery worker and was on his way home after finishing his assignment when the accident occurred. Police are investigating whether the tractor was stationary or moving at the time of the collision and whether any traffic or visibility-related factors contributed to the crash.
