Police secure crucial CCTV footage of vehicle involved in accident which killed six
Friday, 15 NOVEMBER 2024 | PNS | DEHRADUN
The police have collected crucial CCTV camera footage of the vehicle involved in the accident on the night of November 11 which resulted in the death of six youths in Dehradun. The police are probing all possible causes for the accident on the ONGC Chowk. As part of the investigation, the police have secured CCTV camera footage of the Innova involved in the accident. The footage shows the vehicle being driven around the city. The vehicle was seen being driven at a normal speed at the police points on Rajpur Road, Saharanpur Chowk, Kanwali Road to Balliwala and Ballupur. Just before the accident late at night, the driver accelerated considerably on the stretch between Ballupur and ONGC Chowk. The seriously injured youth who is the sole survivor of the mishap among those in the ill-fated four-wheeler is still undergoing treatment at a private hospital. According to the police, the exact reason for the vehicle accelerating on the stretch between Ballupur and ONGC Chowk will become clear after the youth gains consciousness and is in a position to talk to the police. The police further informed that the container truck which the Innova hit covered a distance of 1.5 kilometres to ONGC Chowk from Kishannagar Chowk in about six minutes which shows that the truck was being driven at a normal speed. The technical team of the regional transport office has also inspected the two vehicles involved in the mishap.
It is pertinent to mention here that soon after the mishap, questions were being raised about the police not stopping the youths in the speeding vehicle as it was being driven around the city late at night. However, the CCTV camera footage secured by the police has ascertained that it was not speeding when it crossed the police checkpoints in various parts of the city.
