Overview
- The Toyota Fortuner rear-ended a truck around 3 am in Rani Bagh, and police arrived within minutes to find the SUV almost entirely under the truck as fire tenders worked to douse the flames.
- The victims were identified as Henry, 20, of Meera Bagh, and his cousin Dipanshu Chandela, 21, of Paschim Vihar.
- Truck driver Digambar was apprehended at the scene and arrested on charges of rash driving and causing death by negligence.
- A preliminary probe indicates the SUV under-rode the truck and likely ruptured a fuel tube that triggered the fire, with speed and vehicle condition under examination.
- Postmortems have been completed and the bodies handed to families; relatives said the pair left home around 2:30 am for Murthal, and some accounts say the SUV was dragged 400–500 metres before igniting.