Car Crash on Delhi-Mumbai Expressway: Ex-MP’s Wife Killed Due to High Speed | Jaipur News – Times of India

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ALWAR/JAIPUR: The CCTV footage of the car crash, in which Chitra Singh, wife of former MP Manvendra Singh and daughter-in-law of the late Union minister Jaswant Singh, died on Tuesday, indicates that the accident occurred due to high speed.
The driver lost control of the vehicle and veered into a broad kutcha divider area of the 10-lane expressway in Alwar, crashing into a wall there.Airbags saved the driver, Dinesh Singh, and son Hamir Singh in the front seats, while the couple in the rear seats sustained grievous injuries, resulting in the death of Chitra Singh.
Santram Gurjar, the patrolling team officer, who was the first to reach the spot after the incident, said, “The vehicle was coming from Delhi towards Jaipur, and the speed was over the prescribed limit of 120 kmph. Our team reached to rescue the victims. When we asked the driver about the reason for the accident, he claimed that suddenly the car controls failed and he purposely took the car off track on the kutcha median area. However, as the speed was high, the car jumped over the pits dug for plantation and ran for around 120 metres into the the wall built in the median.”
Shankar Singh, the Delhi-Mumbai expressway maintenance manager, said, “When the rescue team reached the spot, everyone was out of the car. Chitra Singh was being taken down on the ground. After that, a corridor was created on the expressway by the police and highway authorities, and all the injured were taken to an Alwar hospital.”
On Wednesday, Manvendra, his son, and the driver were shifted to a private hospital in Gurugram, with the police creating a green corridor. The last rites of Chitra Singh are scheduled to be performed at the family’s native village Jasol in Barmer district on Thursday.
Additional SP (Alwar) Tejpal Singh said, “Manvendra Singh’s wife died after a car accident while his son Hamir Singh was referred to Gurugram late in the night. After the incident, footage from CCTV cameras installed on the expressway has surfaced. No report has been filed in this matter yet. Police have started the investigation.”
Rajendra, a senior engineer of the construction company, mentioned that the speed of the vehicles remains high on the expressway. Till now, challans have been issued for more than 10,000 vehicles, and the work of making people aware is underway continuously. Even after that, people continue to drive at speeds exceeding the limit.



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