Two people, including a driver, were killed in a major road accident on the Delhi-Dehradun Economic Corridor on Saturday morning. Near the Ganganauli cut in the Doghat police station area, a Bolero pickup truck—loaded with a transformer—slammed into the rear of a Canter truck that was parked on the roadside. The impact was so severe that the front portion of the pickup was completely mangled. The Canter driver and an elderly passenger in the pickup lost their lives in the incident.
According to the police, a Canter truck was traveling from Delhi toward Dehradun early Saturday morning—around 4:00 AM—when one of its front tires went flat. Consequently, the driver pulled the vehicle over to the side of the road near the Ganganauli cut. At that moment, a Mahindra Bolero pickup, also heading from Delhi toward Dehradun and carrying a transformer, crashed into the back of the Canter. It is suspected that the pickup driver, Vikas, may have dozed off, causing him to miss seeing the parked Canter and strike it at high speed. The victims—52-year-old Canter driver Dinesh Raghav (a resident of Badarpur, South Delhi) and 60-year-old Yadram (a passenger in the pickup and a resident of Jaipur, Rajasthan)—sustained fatal injuries. Both succumbed to their injuries. Yadram was the father of the pickup driver, Vikas. Vikas himself is reported to be in stable condition.
Upon receiving the information, the Doghat police arrived at the scene, took custody of the bodies, and sent them for post-mortem examinations. The damaged vehicles were cleared from the road to ensure that traffic on the Economic Corridor remained uninterrupted and to prevent any congestion. Circle Officer (CO) Anshu Jain confirmed that two people died in the accident on the corridor and that the damaged vehicles have been removed. A formal complaint regarding the incident has not yet been received.
