A 41-year-old Special Police Officer (SPO) died and a Haryana police constable was critically injured when a speeding mini truck hit their motorcycle on Sunday midnight.
The deceased has been identified as Sanjay Kumar who hailed from Gurugram's Sherpur village near Pataudi. He had retired from the Army in September 2015 and joined as an SPO in July 2016 and had been posted at the Sector- 56 police station, the police said.
According to police, the incident took place at Rajesh Pilot on the Golf Course Extension Road. “Sanjay and Constable Satendra Kumar were on Rider duty on Sunday night when the incident took place. They were crossing the Golf Course Extension Road at Sector-65 and we're going towards Ullawas village when a speeding mini truck hit them,” Subhash Boken, PRO of Gurugram Police said.
“Sanjay the pillion rider saw the truck coming from the direction of Ghata village and signalled the driver to stop. However, the driver did not slow down and hit the rider and fleeing the scene leaving the vehicle behind,” the PRO said.
The victims were rushed to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared the SPO brought dead. The constable condition was said to be critical. “A case has been registered against the driver, who is yet to be identified. Further investigation is underway,” PRO Boken said.
It was the second incident in a span of nine months when an SPO died due to rash driving on the city roads. Earlier in January 2018, a 35-year-old Special Police Officer had died after he was mowed down by a speeding Sport-utility vehicle (SUV). The incident took place at Hanuman Chowk on the old Delhi-Gurugram road. When the victim Mukesh Kumar was on PCR duty.