NUH: Seven sanitation workers, including six women, were killed on the spot and four others critically injured after a speeding multi-utility van ran over them on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway on Saturday morning.
The accident took place around 10am near pillar number 76 at Ibrahimvas village in the Firozpur Jhirka block of Nuh district. The group had stopped to clean the road when the van hit them at high speed.
The deceased have been identified as Resham (60), wife of Gulab Singh; Prem (60), wife of Ramsingh; Ratna (40), wife of Ramesh; Pista (30), wife of Mahendra; Jaydei (40), wife of Deshraj; Satyavati (30), wife of Raju; and As Mohammad (45), son of Aaseen. Six of the victims were from Kherikalan village in Pinangwa area, while As Mohammad was a resident of Jhimrawat village, both in Nuh district.
Among the injured, four women were identified, three of whom are in critical condition. They were shifted to Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi for advanced treatment.
Social worker Ansar Khan from Ibrahimvas village, who witnessed the aftermath, said he heard the cries from his nearby fields and rushed to the spot, where he found bodies scattered on one side of the expressway.
He described the scene as terrifying. Emergency services were called, and ambulances transported the injured to the hospital.
The accident caused a major traffic jam on the expressway for some time.
Deputy Commissioner Vishram Meena and Superintendent of Police Rajesh Kumar visited the spot and expressed condolences to the victims’ families.
Police have registered a case based on the statements of eyewitnesses and the injured. The bodies have been sent to the Nuh district hospital for post-mortem. Authorities have also begun collecting CCTV footage from cameras installed near the accident site as part of the investigation.
