A Delhi couple bled to dying after remaining trapped for almost eight hours inside their mangled WagonR when an unidentified heavy automobile rammed it from behind on the Delhi-Mumbai expressway close to Nuh, police mentioned.
The victims have been recognized as Laxmi Ram (42), who was a contractual labourer and his spouse Kusumlata (38). They had been returning dwelling from Hindaun, in Karauli district of Rajasthan, when the accident came about between 11.30 pm and midnight on Tuesday close to Nowshera village. Their gray Maruti WagonR, registered in Delhi, was crushed in opposition to the metallic crash barrier on the expressway.
Police reached the spot solely round 7.30 am on Wednesday after a patrol staff was knowledgeable of the wreck by a passerby. By then, husband and spouse had died from accidents and blood loss whereas nonetheless trapped inside. The place of the our bodies indicated the husband had managed to carry on to his spouse, mentioned police.
The couple lived in Mangiram Park in Delhi’s Budh Vihar with their 4 younger youngsters (two sons and two daughters).
In his handwritten criticism that shaped the idea of the FIR, Laxmi Ram’s father, Devi Singh (65), said: “On 02.12.2025 round 7 pm, my son Laxmi Ram and daughter-in-law Kusumlata left for Delhi in WagonR… They had been going through Delhi Mumbai Freeway. When my son and daughter-in-law reached Channel Level 30.900, some unknown automobile hit them from behind at very excessive velocity and… precipitated a horrible accident… each my son… and daughter-in-law… died on the spot… I referred to as my son at 8.56 am, then the Jaisinghpur publish individuals picked up the cellphone and informed me that your son and daughter-in-law have met with an accident and died.”
The Nuh Sadar police station has registered an FIR for rash driving and dying by negligence in opposition to the unknown driver of the heavy automobile.
Police are inspecting CCTV footage to hint the offending automobile.
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“Two heavy automobiles have been flagged on the footage; we’re tracing the proprietor of these and may nab the accused quickly,” mentioned Station Home Officer, Inspector Praveen Kumar.
Police got here as quickly as they had been alerted, he mentioned, indicating that night time drivers merely drove previous.
The autopsy was carried out on the Authorities Medical School and Hospital in Nalhar on Wednesday, and the our bodies had been handed over to the household later within the night.
The cremation was carried out Thursday morning after the husband’s household introduced again the our bodies from Nuh.
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Talking with The Indian Specific over the cellphone, Devi Singh’s voice was choked with grief, ruing the shortage of assist from passersby on the time of the accident. “The incident occurred simply earlier than midnight, the police informed me after they checked out CCTV footage. The automotive remained there by means of the night time and a number of automobiles should have handed it by…,” he mentioned.
Singh, a farmer, is frightened about how you can present for the schooling of his grandchildren now. “I’m solely a small farmer, I’ve a couple of buffaloes. My son and daughter-in-law had left dwelling with some greens from right here. Their children had been in Delhi on the time however got here to the village after…”
Singh had damaged the information to his son’s father in-law who had instantly damaged down.
“The couple had married in 2003… I had referred to as them by means of the night time after they left to make sure they had been again safely. After the police picked up their cellphone within the morning, I instantly left for Nuh,” he mentioned.
Singh and his household belong to the Dalit group.
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