Couple, son killed in accident: At family home, disbelief and shock

Dinesh (38) was on his way to a relative’s home, along with his family, when a truck hit their motorcycle from behind on NH-91 on Monday. He and his son died on the spot. His 36-year-old wife was rushed to Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital, where she died two hours later. The family lived in Haldoni village in Greater Noida. Dinesh was a line worker at a factory in Phase 2.

Their son Rudra

Yogesh added, “An entire family has been wiped out. The irony is on that day, Dinesh and his family were going to attend a terahvi programme of a relative in Ghaziabad…”

Sitting in a corner, his elder brother Yogendra watched a video of a boy in a green T-shirt dancing on a bed. “He is our Rudra,” he said. “An hour before the incident, his mother sent me this video… Watching it makes me feel like nothing has happened. Dinesh had a big dream; he wanted to provide an excellent education to his son, he worked overtime, took out a loan for the child’s treatment.”

Dinesh’s mother, Angoori Devi, has not stopped crying since the incident. “They can’t leave me like this. Why am I being made to suffer, at this age?”

Eyewitness, meanwhile, recounted the accident. One of them said, “The truck driver jumped off and fled and the bus dragged the family for a few metres.”

The accused truck driver, Badaun resident Rohtash Yadav (27), has been arrested. Police registered a case under IPC sections including rash driving, causing death by negligence.