Nuh crash: Drivers of dumper, car arrested

The drivers of a dumper truck and a Maruti Ertiga, both of which collided with a WagonR on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Nuh and led to the death of a couple from Delhi last Tuesday, have been arrested, police officers aware of the matter said on Tuesday.

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The police identified the arrested accused as Mobin Khan, of Adarsh Colony in SGM Nagar, Faridabad, who was driving the dumper truck, and Ajit Singh, of Pilanja Kotla, Mubarakpur, Delhi, who was driving the Ertiga at the time of the incident.

Police said the two of them were arrested on Sunday night and later granted bail by the Sadar Nuh police station.

Investigators said that the dumper truck was loaded with several tonnes of stones at the time of the incident.

Inspector Parveen Kumar, station house officer of the Sadar Nuh police station, said that rash driving and speeding by both of them was the key cause of the accident. "Khan was driving slowly in the fourth lane. When the victim's car moved behind the truck from the third lane, Khan had suddenly applied brakes," he said.