Truck driver who ‘fled in fear’ after Dehradun crash that killed 6 held in UP | India News

DEHRADUN: Days after six youths were killed in a collision between their MUV and a container truck near ONGC Chowk in Dehradun, police arrested the truck driver in UP’s Saharanpur Friday. The driver had fled the scene abandoning the truck.
The impact of the accident was so severe that six of the seven occupants in the MUV, including three women aged 19-24, had died on the spot.
Two of the youngsters were decapitated. The lone survivor is still in hospital, and unable to talk much. Initial probe suggested that the MUV which was being driven at a speed of over 120km/h, had hit the truck’s left rear side when the latter was crossing a intersection at normal speed.
Police said the truck driver is Ram Kumar, 34, of Saharanpur. Dehradun SSP Ajai Singh said Kumar had fled to evade police. “During interrogation, he told police that he fled out of fear after seeing the extent of the accident and the victims’ bodies scattered on the road,” said the SSP.
Kumar also confessed to removing the truck’s registration plate before fleeing.