Gurgaon: A 40-year-old woman and her 19-year-old daughter died after the bike they were riding crashed into a car on Delhi-Mumbai Expressway near Ballabhgarh’s Sector 2 cut on Saturday afternoon. The woman’s husband, who was riding the bike, was critically injured.The deceased were identified as Archana (40) and her daughter Anjali (19). Her husband, Rajkumar, was rushed to hospital with serious injuries and was admitted for emergency treatment. Doctors declared the mother and daughter dead.The family, which lives in Jogi Basti near Nawada in Faridabad, was returning from its native village in Tappal in Aligarh district, where they had gone to celebrate Diwali. They were travelling on their motorcycle when the speeding car hit them near the Sector 2 cut. The impact flung all three off the two-wheeler. Archana and Anjali sustained severe head injuries.The car driver abandoned the vehicle and fled after the collision. Police seized the car and are trying to identify and trace the driver.The accident has also raised concerns over two-wheelers using high-speed expressway stretches. Slow-moving vehicles, including motorcycles, are generally restricted on access-controlled expressways. However, an NHAI official said the stretch near the Sector 2 cut was part of an urban bypass where two-wheelers were permitted. “There may be restrictions further ahead on the main expressway,” he added.Dharampal, in-charge of Agrasen police post, said police were searching for the car driver. “The circumstances leading to the collision are being examined,” he added.
