Man crushed to death by reversing truck at concrete plant in south Delhi

A 48-year-old man was killed after being hit by a reversing truck at a ready-mix concrete plant in southwest Delhi’s Rajokari village area on Friday, police said.

A PCR call regarding an accident was received at Vasant Kunj South police station from a worker at the plant, they said.

A police team rushed to the spot and found the victim, identified as Surender Shah, a resident of Rajokari, lying unconscious at the site.

During preliminary inquiry, it emerged that Shah, who worked at a cloth factory in Gurugram, had come to the plant to purchase concrete mix.

“While he was collecting the material and sitting on the ground near the vehicle, a truck driver, identified as Anil Vishwakarma, allegedly reversed his vehicle and hit Shah, who was positioned just behind the truck,” a senior police officer said.

Also Read: Manual scavengers in Delhi remain trapped despite safety schemes and mechanisation push

The impact left Shah critically injured. He was immediately shifted to Safdarjung Hospital by local workers and police, where doctors declared him brought dead. Police said forensic and crime teams were called to the spot to examine the scene and collect evidence.

Initial findings suggest that the incident occurred due to negligence while reversing the vehicle, though all angles are being probed as part of the investigation. The body has been preserved for a postmortem examination, and further investigation is in progress, police said.