Hit by SUV, two on bike flung off flyover onto Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway below | Gurgaon News – Times of India

The riders – Harsh Khattar and Suman, both 22 – died on the spot. Both of them were wearing helmets. The driver of the Creta, which hit the bike, abandoned the SUV on the flyover and fled.
Eyewitnesses told TOI the impact of the collision was such that the bike, a Pulsar, hit a metre-high concrete railing and was also tossed off the flyover. There is neither a speed camera nor CCTV camera on the flyover.
According to police, Khattar belonged to Una in Gujarat and was working with a textile company in the city. He was living in a PG facility at Sector 39. Suman, from UP’s Gorakhpur, worked with a travel agency in Gurgaon and lived with her family in Sukhrali area.
Cops said the accident took place around 11.20pm, when the two friends were riding on the bike towards MG Road. They were on the flyover when the Creta crashed into them from the back.
“They were thrown into the air along with the bike and fell on the main carriageway of the expressway. Traffic movement was halted, and commuters alerted the police control room and emergency services. They were taken to a nearby hospital where the doctors declared them dead,” sub-inspector Rohit said on Tuesday.
Harsh’s brother Yash Khattar told TOI the 22-year-old had moved to the city from Gujarat a few months back after getting the job. “I last spoke to him on Sunday night… I was informed about his death by cops on Monday,” he said.
Yash said the SUV was being driven rashly. “The bike was mangled. The SUV was being driven at such a high speed that both the riders also fell off the flyover,” he said.
SI Rohit, who is also the investigating officer in the case, said police have impounded the Creta and they are trying to trace the accused with the help of the SUV’s registration number. The car has a number plate registered with the Chandigarh RTO (HR70).
“The accused will be arrested,” the IO said. A case was registered at the DLF 2 police station under sections 279 (rash driving), 304A (causing death by negligence) and 427 (mischief causing damage) of the IPC.
Police said they have handed over Suman’s body to her family after the post-mortem. Harsh’s body will be given to his family when they reach Gurgaon on Wednesday.
On an average, 400 people die in road accidents in the city every year. Traffic police data shows 481 people died in 2017, 442 in 2018, 433 in 2019, 375 in 2020, 402 in 2021 and 409 in 2022.
Authorities have also mapped out 37 “accident prone” spots in the city, of which 19 are on highways. At these “blackspots”, 325 fatalities were recorded between 2019 and 2021, with a majority of the deaths recorded on national highways.