Jaipur: Shopkeepers and eyewitnesses offered an account different from that of the city police on the crash in Kukarkheda near VKI’s Road No 14, alleging that two men triggered the chain of events by pelting a stone at the truck as it descended the flyover Friday afternoon. They claimed the stone shattered the windshield and struck the driver’s head, causing him to lose control of the vehicle.
Damaged car after the accident
Vishnu Garg, a shopkeeper who claimed to have witnessed the crash unfold right outside his shop, said one man hurled the stone at the truck before fleeing towards an accomplice waiting on a scooter. The two then sped away from the scene, he alleged.Another shopkeeper, who did not wish to be named, said he spotted two men arriving on a scooter shortly before the crash. One kept the scooter running while the other walked towards the edge of the flyover.
A speeding truck ran amok on the Jaipur-Delhi highway on Friday, mowing down a pedestrian and ploughing into five vehicles near Road No. 14 in Vishwakarma Industrial Area (VKI). Two people died and three others, including the truck driver, suffered injuries in the crash.The trailer was travelling from Daulatpura toll plaza towards Ajmer Road when it went on a collision spree on the service lane near Anaj Mandi around noon. The impact crushed a pedestrian under its wheels, mangled a car beyond recognition and left vehicles strewn across the road.
“When the truck approached, one of them hurled a stone at it. When we pulled the driver out of the cabin, he already had an injury on his head. It is possible that the blow caused him to lose control. The driver cannot be entirely blamed,” he said.However, police maintained that the truck crashed because of overspeeding and the driver’s attempt to avoid a tractor moving ahead of it. Investigators have yet to establish the eyewitnesses’ allegations or identify the two accused men.
The speeding truck being removed from the accident site
