Gurugram, Oct 25 Two young men were killed and their companion seriously injured after a speeding vehicle hit them while they were standing by the roadside on the Bilaspur-Tauru road after finishing work, police said on Sunday.
The deceased were identified as Mohit and Pankaj, while the injured man was identified as Mukul. All three were residents of Jaurasi village in the Tauru area. Mukul is undergoing treatment at a hospital, police said.
The accident occurred around 9 pm on Saturday near a logistics warehouse, E-Com, on Tauru Road. The three men worked at the warehouse and were preparing to return home after completing their shift, police said.
According to a complaint filed by Sanjay, a resident of Jaurasi village, the three had left the warehouse after finishing work and were standing by the roadside, talking to each other, when an unidentified speeding vehicle hit them.
The impact threw the three men some distance away, leaving them seriously injured. The driver fled the scene with the vehicle, the complainant alleged.
Following the accident, other warehouse employees and passersby alerted the police and rushed the injured men to a nearby private hospital, where doctors declared Mohit and Pankaj dead, according to the complaint.
A police team reached the spot and sent the bodies to the Civil Hospital for post-mortem examinations. After the examinations on Sunday, the bodies were handed over to their families, police said.
A case of negligent driving and culpable homicide has been registered at Bilaspur police station against the unidentified driver, a senior police officer said.
Police are examining CCTV footage from cameras installed at the accident site and nearby areas to identify the vehicle and its driver, the officer said, adding that efforts were underway to trace and arrest the accused.
(PTI News)
