Four members of a family were killed after a chickpea-laden truck lost control and overturned onto their car on the Delhi-Jaipur National Highway in Haryana's Rewari district late on Saturday night. A five-year-old child sustained injuries in the accident and is receiving treatment, officials confirmed.

Source: Nation Press (Nov 15)

The crash occurred at approximately 11:30 pm near Banipur Chowk in the Bawal area of Rewari district. According to eyewitnesses cited in reports, the truck driver was allegedly speeding when the vehicle first struck another car before toppling onto the family's vehicle. The car was completely crushed beneath the truck, trapping all occupants inside. Two people died at the scene, while two others succumbed to their injuries after being rushed to a civil hospital. Police personnel had to cut open the car's windows to extract the trapped victims.

Victims were returning to Delhi

The deceased have been identified as Deepak, his wife Sarita, their son Nitin and daughter Divya, Daily Kiran reported. Deepak, originally from Bholawas village in Rajasthan, had been residing in Delhi with his family. The family had travelled to their ancestral village and were on their way back to Dwarka, Delhi, when the accident occurred. The injured child was rushed to the civil hospital in Bawal.

Police teams rushed to the site on receiving information and launched a rescue operation. The truck driver reportedly fled the scene immediately after the crash and had not been apprehended as of initial reports. Authorities have registered a case and are investigating the circumstances of the accident, including the alleged overspeeding.

The Rewari crash comes days after a similar accident in Delhi's Sonia Vihar area, where a dumper truck collided with an auto-rickshaw, claiming three lives, including an infant, and leaving five others injured. Both cases involved drivers who fled the scene, renewing concerns over heavy-vehicle safety and overnight freight movement on national highways near Delhi-NCR.