Three policemen from Delhi were killed when their car crashed off the road in Rishikesh on Sunday while in another accident a woman riding a two-wheeler died after being reportedly crushed by a truck in the Niranjanpur area of Dehradun on the same day. Road mishaps continuing to take toll, around a dozen people died over the past three days across the State.
This is despite the State’s top cops asking the department to try all means to stop the accident spree.
On the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday, a car with four persons aboard plunged into a deep gorge of around 500 metres at Saknidhar, Devprayag on Rishikesh- Devprayag Road. Police said that the accident had occurred between 11.30 pm and 12.30 am.
Along with local police, State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) personnel plunged into rescue operation. The rescue team extricated the bodies of all the four from the gorge. later, they were sent for postmortem. They were going towards Srinagar from Rishikesh, said Devprayag police station officer Vinod Singh Rana.
The deceased have been identified as three Delhi policemen- Vijendra Nagar, 56, native of Gautam Budhnagar, (Uttar Pradesh), Arvind Kumar, 39, Camp, North Delhi and Yogesh Prakash, 45, native of Sunlight Colony, New Delhi. Another person who died was identified as Rishipal Chandel, 45, native of Noida (Uttar Pradesh).
The family members of the deceased arrived Devprayag on Sunday evening. Bodies would be handed over to them after the formalities were completed, Rana added.
In another incident that occurred at Patelnagar area, a woman Rajeshwari Panwar (29), resident of Rajeev Nagar Marg, Brahamanwala, died while the scooty she was riding had a head-on collision with a truck. She was rushed to Manant Indresh Hospital where the doctors declared her brought dead.
The accused truck driver Chatar Singh, resident of Rishinagar, Adhoiwala, was arrested. The truck was impounded too. Police said that the incident had occurred at around 2.30 pm. Taking note of this incident, a case under appropriate sections of IPC has been registered against the accused in Patelnagar police station, said Patelnagar police officer. Team has been formed and they are investigating the case.
Dehradun SSP sounded worried over accidents occurring in Patelnagar area at regular intervals. He directed SPs (traffic, city and rural) to take necessary measures to stop accidents in conjunction with the district transport officials.
The people residing in Patelnagar area are scared. They said that police were a mute spectator with trucks and dumpers crushing two-wheelers, causing deaths at regular intervals.