A sand-laden dumper truck rammed into a car at the Lachhiwala toll plaza on the Haridwar-Dehradun road on Monday, March 24, leaving two persons dead. The car was completely mangled in the accident as it was stuck between a pillar and the dumper, an officer at Doiwala police station said. The accident occurred at around 7.30 am, creating chaos at the toll plaza.
The dumper truck was coming from Dehradun towards Doiwala when it went out of control, a police official told the news agency PTI. The dumper truck has been seized, and an investigation is on, the official added.
A CCTV footage of the accident surfaces on social media platforms. A viral video shows an uncontrol cement dumber dragging several vehicles and crushed a red colour car.