Two occupants of a speeding Porsche 911 sports car managed to escape after the vehicle collided with a divider, hit a tree, and caught fire in Gurgaon, India on Thursday. According to the police, the accident occurred at around 4 a.m. near Sector 27 on Golf Course Road. The driver of the car, who was reportedly in an inebriated state, lost control of the vehicle and crossed over to the other side of the road before hitting the tree. Both the occupants fled the scene before the car went up in flames.
A firefighting team doused the fire in half an hour, and the police are making efforts to nab the owner and the duo riding the car at the time of the accident. Later in the day, a businessman from the city approached the police and claimed that his son was driving the car at the time of the accident. He added that the crash occurred as his son was trying to save a dog that suddenly came in front of the car.
Road accidents are not uncommon in India, and they claim thousands of lives every year. According to the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, more than 150,000 people lost their lives in road accidents in India in 2019. Speeding and drunk driving are some of the major reasons behind road accidents in the country.
To curb the rising number of road accidents, the government has implemented various measures such as the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019, which imposes steeper fines for traffic violations. The act also introduced new provisions such as the Good Samaritan law, which protects individuals who help road accident victims from legal hassles.
However, road safety remains a major concern in India, and more needs to be done to make Indian roads safer. The government must ensure that traffic rules are strictly enforced and that people follow them. It must also invest in infrastructure and technology to reduce the number of road accidents in the country.
