Mukesh Tandon
Sonepat, February 17
The police on Thursday arrested from Nuh the truck driver who was involved in the road accident that led to the death of actor-turned-activist Deep Sidhu on Tuesday.
Deep Sidhu’s accident: Head injury main cause of death, airbag burst due to collision
Tried overtaking from left
The laden truck was moving in the middle of the first and second lane on the road and Deep Sidhu tried to overtake it from the left. The speed of the SUV might be over 100 kmph at that time, sources said.
The driver, identified as Kasim Khan of Shingar village in Nuh of Mewat district, had managed to escape from the spot after the accident.
Inspector Jaspal Singh, SHO, Kharkhoda, said that the 22-tyre truck was on the way to Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh from Kandla in Gujarat.
Kasim has been locked up and would be produced in court on Friday. He would be taken on remand for further investigation, the SHO maintained. Over 100-ft-long skid marks on the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) expressway near Pipli toll plaza are enough to show the gravity of the accident in which Deep Sidhu lost his life.
However, the Sonepat police have ruled out any conspiracy or foul play behind the death of Deep Sidhu on the basis of primary investigation reports.
The ‘scene of crime’ team, including forensic experts and police personnel, recreated the scene of the accident and collected evidence from the spot and the CCTV footage.
Sources said that the collision was so strong that the right side of Sidhu’s sports utility vehicle (SUV) was badly damaged from the front bumper to the roof.
As per sources, the pair of wheels on the left rear side of the 22-tyre truck burst and the lower metallic part of the truck was also found broken.
The truck’s skidding marks measuring over 100 ft were found on the road. Dragging marks by the rim or broken metallic part were also found on the road. But no marks of Sidhu’s vehicle applying brakes were found on the road, sources said.
The laden truck was moving in the middle of the first and second lane on the road and Sidhu had tried to overtake it from the left. The speed of the SUV might be over 100 kmph at that time, sources said.
Driver of truck that killed actor Deep Sidhu arrested from Nuh
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