Jaipur, Nov 12 (PTI) Three people, including an NHAI employee, who had stopped on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway to fix a puncture in a cab were killed after a speeding car hit them from behind in Rajasthan's Alwar district on Thursday, police said.
The accident occurred in the wee hours on Thursday near Gurjar Khora culvert under Laxmangarh police station area.
The deceased were identified as Manisha Gupta (26), a resident of Delhi; cab driver Azad (30) and NHAI employee Jagmohan (25), a resident of Sheetal village in Alwar.
Manisha, who worked as an event manager at a company in Jaipur, had left Delhi around 11 pm on Wednesday in a cab along with another woman.
The cab suffered a tyre puncture near Gurjar Khora culvert, following which the driver contacted the NHAI helpline for assistance.
Jagmohan and his colleagues reached the spot shortly afterwards.
Police said Jagmohan was speaking to Manisha about the incident when a speeding car coming from the Delhi side hit them.
The car first hit Manisha and Jagmohan and then struck Azad, who was changing the punctured tyre.
All three died in the accident, the police said.
The speeding car overturned on the roadside a short distance away, but its driver fled the spot.
Police said Asma, the woman travelling along with Manisha, was also missing from the accident site.
CCTV footage from cameras installed along the expressway is being examined to identify the car driver, the police said.
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