Couple, including 4-year-old killed after car rams into parked tourist bus on Delhi-Vadodara Expressway; 2 children rescued

GURGAON: A couple, including a four-year-old girl were killed after their car rammed into a parked tourist bus on the Delhi-Vadodara Expressway near Lohatki village on Thursday morning. Two other children travelling in the car were rescued unharmed by police, with the help of emergency teams and bystanders.The impact was so severe that more than half of the car was pushed underneath the bus, leaving the vehicle badly mangled and its occupants trapped inside.Police and fire brigade teams rushed to the spot after receiving information about the accident and launched a rescue operation.According to police, the family was returning to Delhi after visiting Balaji. The car was being driven by Boom Prasad, a taxi driver and resident of Rajokri in Delhi. He was travelling home with his wife and children when the car crashed into the tourist bus parked on the roadside near Lohatki village.The car is suspected to have been travelling at high speed when it hit the bus. The front portion of the vehicle was badly crushed in the collision, trapping the occupants inside.A fire brigade officer said the team received information about a major road accident near Lohatki village in the morning and immediately reached the spot to carry out rescue operations.The badly damaged car made the operation challenging. After considerable effort, rescuers managed to pull out two children safely. However, a woman, a girl and a man died in the accident.No passengers were present in the tourist bus at the time of the collision, officials said.The bodies were taken to Civil Hospital in Sohna for postmortem examinations. Police inspected the accident site and launched an investigation into the circumstances leading to the crash.You Can Also Check: Gold Rate in Gurgaon | Silver Rate in Gurgaon | Bank Holidays in Gurgaon | Public Holidays in Gurgaon | Gurgaon AQI | Weather in Gurgaon | Petrol Price in Gurgaon | Diesel Price in Gurgaon | CNG Price in Gurgaon | LPG Price in GurgaonStay updated with the latest Gurgaon news. Download the TOI App.