Kuber Group Director Vikas Malu Among Injured In Rolls Royce Accident In Haryana

The director of Kuber Group, Vikas Malu, was among those injured in a crash involving a Rolls Royce car with a petrol tanker on the Delhi-Mumbai-Baroda Expressway on Tuesday, NDTV reported.

Malu is currently being treated at a hospital in Gurugram.

An oil tanker driver and his helper were killed while three occupants of a Rolls-Royce were injured when the heavy vehicle crashed into the luxury car on the Delhi-Mumbai-Baroda Expressway in this district, police said Wednesday.

The accident took place on Tuesday afternoon when the tanker collided with the car near Umri village under Nagina police station limits. Police said the limousine immediately caught fire after colliding with the tanker, but all its five occupants were rescued in the nick of time by their relatives who were closely behind in another car.

Those killed in the crash were identified as tanker driver Rampreet and his helper Kuldeep, both residents of Uttar Pradesh/.

An FIR has been filed in connection with the case and the investigation is on.

On asking whether Malu is out of danger, Nuh Superintendent of Police Narendra Bijaraniya told NDTV he is undergoing treatment and only doctors can give health update. The driver has been asked to join the investigation.

Meanwhile, the cops are scanning the CCTV footage. The speed of the car at the time of the accident will be known after scientific examination.

NDTV has also managed to locate Gautam, the third individual present in the tanker at the time of the incident. Currently in the process of recuperating from his injuries, Gautam is at his residence in Ujina, Haryana. Seated beside the driver and the assistant, Gautam recounted that the tanker was in the midst of making a U-turn when the Rolls-Royce collided with it. Despite grappling with the effects of his injuries, he conveyed that the Phantom was traveling at a minimum speed of 190 km/hr, resulting in the truck's overturning following the impact. Gautam said that the car driver was at the fault.