As horrific accident that killed 6 young men and women shakes Uttarakhand, police wait for sole survivor to regain consciousness

Inside the mangled remains of the conveyance were the bodies of Guneet (19), Rishabh Jain (24), Navya Goyal (23), Atul Agarwal (24), and Kamakshi (20), each residents of Dehradun, and Kunal Kukreja (23) from Himachal Pradesh. The bodies were transported to the mortuaries astatine Coronation, Doon, and Indresh Hospitals.

The seventh passenger, Siddhesh Agarwal (25), sustained superior injuries and is being treated astatine Synergy Hospital, with officials saying helium is critical. Police anticipation to talk to him erstwhile helium regains consciousness to recognize wherefore the conveyance was speeding.

According to PTI, the car belonged to Atul’s father, a Saharanpur-based firecracker businessman, who precocious bought the conveyance connected Dhanteras. Atul, had travelled to Dehradun on with six friends, and was allegedly driving the conveyance astatine the time, PTI reported.

According to police, the SUV reportedly attempted to walk a instrumentality motortruck adjacent Kishan Nagar Chowk, but the operator misjudged the truck’s speed, believing helium could walk safely aft it had moved ahead.

Initial inquiries besides revealed that the instrumentality motortruck was traveling from Kishan Nagar Chowk, portion the SUV was heading toward Dehradun from Ballupur Chowk. The constabulary person besides received CCTV footage of the ill-fated Innova moving astir the metropolis earlier, albeit astatine a mean speed.

According to the police, prima facie probe suggests the instrumentality reached ONGC Chowk aft covering a region of 1.5 km from Kishannagar Chowk successful astir six minutes, suggesting it was travelling astatine a mean speed.

With gruesome visuals of the mishap circulating online, constabulary person been trying to item the perils of overspeeding and impaired driving. At a Yuva Mahotsav lawsuit held astatine Dehradun’s Parade Ground pursuing the accident, apical officials told the gathered younker to adhere to postulation rules, debar speeding, and ne'er thrust nether the influence.

Emphasising the ripple effects of specified tragedies, Dehradun SSP Ajai Singh reminded them that the nonaccomplishment of adjacent 1 young beingness is an immense nonaccomplishment not lone to a household but to the full assemblage and country.

Additional Director General of Police Amit Sinha stressed the value of acting rapidly to assistance mishap victims, explaining that contiguous assistance tin often marque the quality betwixt beingness and death. He cited the heroic actions of Deepak Pandey, a passerby, who on with the constabulary transported Siddhesh Agarwal to the hospital. For his efforts, Pandey was honored with a memento nether the Good Samaritan Scheme, which encourages bystanders to assistance mishap victims without fearfulness of ineligible consequences.