New Delhi: For the past few months, Raja (30) and Rakhi Kumar (26) had been eagerly awaiting the birth of their first child. Their dreams were crushed after a dumper truck hit the auto they were travelling in, leading to a miscarriage of the six-month-old foetus.
In the vehicle sat another family: Satbir Singh (26), his wife Moni (26) and their six-month-old infant, Kanka.
Be respectful · TOI community guidelines Moni was admitted to the hospital with injuries to her face and legs while Kanka sustained a fractured skull, said Dharamveer Singh, a relative. Dharamveer said the family now faces a dilemma over what to attend to first: “Should we conduct the last rites of Satvir or take care of his injured wife and kid? “It must’ve been his first or second ride of the day,” said Akshay’s brother Deepu Sharma. “I got to know of the accident around 1pm, when some local children came running to our house and told us that Akshay’s auto had crashed.”
They were coming back after celebrating Diwali in their native village in Uttar Pradesh’s Bahora. Satbir, who worked in a polythene factory and was his family’s sole breadwinner, died on the spot. As per police, Moni and Kanka were in a stable condition.