Overview
- Former Army havildar Mahender Pal, 47, was struck and killed by a speeding truck late on July 15 while inspecting a punctured tyre on the Salimgarh Flyover
- Pal, a Haryana resident and sole breadwinner for his wife and two sons, was declared dead upon arrival at the AIIMS Trauma Centre
- The FIR filed at I.P. Estate Police Station invokes Sections 281 and 106 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for rash driving endangering life and causing death by negligence
- Investigators are scrutinizing multiple CCTV feeds along the flyover and have involved Pal’s family to help identify the offending vehicle
- Road safety advocates say hit-and-run cases like this highlight persistent enforcement and infrastructure challenges in Delhi