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Three killed as car rams into parked truck on Jalandhar bypass
Three men died early Saturday when their speeding Maruti Swift slammed into a parked truck on the Jalandhar-Maksudan bypass, about 6.30am. Police identified two victims as Vijay Verma (26) and Ramu (25),…
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Three men died early Saturday when their speeding Maruti Swift slammed into a parked truck on the Jalandhar-Maksudan bypass, about 6.30am. Police identified two victims as Vijay Verma (26) and Ramu (25), both from Gulmarg Colony; the third remains unidentified. The car's speedometer was stuck at 140 km/hr, according to SHO Rakesh Kumar. The truck driver, reportedly sleeping at the time, fled the scene.
The Indian Opinion
The news cycle often screams 'speed kills' after such accidents, but it rarely asks why trucks park without reflectors or warning lights on highways. Blaming the car driver alone, clocked at 140km/hr, ignores the truck driver who fled, leaving a stationary death trap. Until authorities enforce mandatory parking protocols and check speed limits simultaneously, these tragedies will repeat. A simple question: how many trucks were fined for illegal overnight parking on that bypass in the last month?
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Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
