Tragic Expressway Collision Claims Three Lives, Leaves Two Children Injured

In the early morning of October 29, a family of five travelling north on the Delhi-Mumbai (Delhi-Vadodara) Expressway near Dhunela/Lohatki village in Gurugram’s Sohna area collided with a stationary tourist bus. The car, reported as a Maruti Swift (or Swift Dzire), rear-ended the bus, wedging its rear half under the vehicle. The couple and their youngest daughter were killed at the scene; their eight-year-old son and one-year-old daughter survived after an hour-long rescue effort.

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The family, originally from Bihar’s Banka district, lived in the Rajokri neighbourhood of Southwest Delhi. They had traveled to the Balaji temple in Dausa, Rajasthan, and were returning northward on the expressway.

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• ? 3 a.m.–3:30 a.m., Oct 29 – Car strikes the parked bus; police receive an emergency call.

Car crashes into parked bus on Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, couple and daughter die; 10-year-old, infant survive

• ? 3:15 a.m. – Police and an emergency-response vehicle arrive; rescue teams begin cutting the wreckage.

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• ? 4 a.m. – Rescue workers extract the two children after nearly one hour.

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• Post-rescue – Survivors are taken to a nearby hospital; bodies are transferred to Sohna Civil Hospital for post-mortem.

Car crashes into parked bus on Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, couple and daughter die; 10-year-old, infant survive

• Fatalities: 3 (father, mother, youngest daughter).

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• Injured survivors: 2 children – an eight-year-old boy (Ayush) with a leg injury and a one-year-old girl (Tingi) with a forehead injury, both reported “out of danger” after admission.

Car crashes into parked bus on Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, couple and daughter die; 10-year-old, infant survive

• Vehicle speed: One source cited 124 km/h; other reports mention “high speed.”

Couple, daughter killed as car crashes into parked bus on Delhi-Vadodara Expressway

• Bus status: Stationary due to a mechanical snag; driver detained.

Car crashes into parked bus on Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, couple and daughter die; 10-year-old, infant survive

Gurugram police filed an FIR against the bus driver and noted that the car driver may have dozed off. Fire-brigade officer Devendra Singh said the car was “severely damaged” and that rescue teams succeeded in extracting the children. Police indicated further legal action will follow the investigation.

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• Father’s name: Reported variously as Bum Prasad, Bambam Kumar Sah, and Bumbum Kumar.

Car crashes into parked bus on Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, couple and daughter die; 10-year-old, infant survive

• Deceased daughter’s age: Cited as seven or nine years.

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• Surviving son’s age: Listed as ten or eight years.

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• Vehicle model: Described as a Maruti Swift or Swift Dzire.

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• Speed at impact: Precise figure of 124 km/h versus generic “high speed.”

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• “I received a call from the cops around 4am, following which I informed my family in Bihar and reached the spot. I was devastated to see the bodies. Now, since we won’t be able to afford an ambulance to Bihar, we will cremate them here. My handicapped mother won’t be able to attend their last rites,” — Balmikee

Car crashes into parked bus on Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, couple and daughter die; 10-year-old, infant survive

Police have detained the bus driver and opened a probe into the collision, including the possibility that the car driver fell asleep. The investigation will determine liability, and legal proceedings are expected after post-mortem examinations and forensic analysis.

Car crashes into parked bus on Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, couple and daughter die; 10-year-old, infant survive