Truck mows down techie, driver on the run in Ggm
Gurugram, May 21 -- A 32-year-old man was crushed to death and his body mutilated after a 20-wheel truck loaded with stone chips ran over him on Golf Course Extension Road on Tuesday afternoon, police said.
The incident took place between 1pm and 1.15pm near St Xavier's School in Sector 49, police said. The victim, identified as Sheikh Imran from Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, was working with an IT firm in the city as a software engineer, they added.
Sandeep Kumar, public relations officer, Gurugram Police, said, "Such was the condition of the body that it could not be identified initially."
Imran was reportedly riding his motorcycle on the extreme left of the road, heading towards Ghata from Vatika Chowk, when the truck suddenly changed lanes and struck him. He fell under the wheels and was crushed instantly by four sets of wheels, said investigators.
"The driver has been identified and will be arrested once the family files a complaint," said Kumar.
A 51-year-old man was killed after being hit by a speeding school bus in Gurugram's Sector 52 on Monday afternoon, police said on Tuesday. The incident took place around 3pm when the victim, Mohammad Mustafa, was taking a U-turn on his bike at a road median gap near Wazirabad. According to police, the bus, ferrying 12 students from a private school in Sector 46, struck Mustafa from behind while he was riding towards Sector 31 along with his younger brother, Mohammad Arif, 48, who was on a separate motorcycle. The brothers, both welders, were headed to a construction site from one of their two workshops in Wazirabad, they added.
School authorities said the bus was operated via a private contractor and added they are cooperating with the investigation....
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