According to police said a second-year University of Delhi student and a resident of Gurugram’s Sector 110 was driving the car.
Updated: September 17, 2026, 10:07 AM IST
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Delhi University student’s speeding car kills 2 workers on Dwarka Expressway (Pic: ANI)
Workers working on the Dwarka Expressway in Gurugram at 2:30 a.mwere hit by a speeding carTwo workers were killed in the accident, while two others and the car driver were seriously injuredAll the injured have been admitted to Vibrant Hospital.
According to reports, several workers were working to install iron grills on the divider when a speeding Beat car coming from Delhi struck four of the workers“Two workers died and two were seriously injured after being run over by a car around 2.30 am today, while they were installing grills on the Dwarka ExpresswayThe accident took place near Sri Ram Chowk in New Palam Vihar,” Gurugram Police said.
The car driver also suffered serious injuries in the accidentAll were taken to the hospitalTwo workers were pronounced dead thereTheir identities have not yet been establishedPolice are investigating the matter.
It was reported that only two or three small red plastic safety cones were placed for safety, which were insufficient to alert speeding vehicles in the dark of nightThe workers were working on a completely open road.
#WATCH | Two workers died and two were seriously injured after being run over by a car around 2.30 am today, while they were installing grills on the Dwarka Expressway.
The accident took place near Sri Ram Chowk in New Palam Vihar.
Visuals from the accident site and of the… pic.twitter.com/07nzO7HC14
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Due to darkness at night, the car driver could not see the workers working on the road, due to which this accident happened.
Bajghera police station stated that an investigation has been launched into the matterBoth bodies have been sent for postmortemPolice say that action will be taken against anyone found negligent in this case.
Police said the four were working for the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority and installing the fences amid negligible traffic when they were hit“Commuters alerted the police control room, after which all the injured persons were rushed to the civil hospital where two of the workers were declared dead on arrival,” said a police officer.
Gurugram Police public relations officer Sandeep Turan said Vedant Khanna, a second-year University of Delhi student and a resident of Sector 110, was driving the car and returning from DelhiTuran said that Khanna was also injured in the accident“The two workers and Khanna are undergoing treatment,” he said.
