2 min readOct 30, 2026 03:20 PM ISTThe impact pushed the Maruti Swift underneath the bus, crushing the front and passenger cabin.For nearly an hour, rescue workers kept talking to an eight-year-old boy trapped inside the mangled remains of a car, trying to keep him conscious as they worked to pull him and his one-year-old sister out of the wreckage.The two children had survived a crash on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Gurugram early Thursday, in which their parents and other sister, aged 7, were killed after their car rammed into a stationary bus, police said.The family, originally from Bihar, lived in Southwest Delhi’s Rajokri.Police said Bum Prasad, 38, his wife Roopa, 35, and their children were returning home after visiting a Balaji temple in Rajasthan’s Dausa when their Maruti Swift rear-ended a private bus between 3 am and 3.30 am near Dhunela in Sohna.The bus had broken down earlier and its driver had abandoned it along the elevated corridor, just before the junction with the Sohna elevated road.The impact pushed the car underneath the bus, crushing the front and passenger cabin.Commuters noticed the crash and alerted the police control room. Personnel from Gurugram Police’s Emergency Response Vehicle (ERV-235), firefighters, and local rescue teams rushed to the spot and deployed a crane to pull the wreckage out from beneath the bus.Story continues below this ad“During the operation, rescue workers discovered that Prasad’s eight-year-old son and one-year-old daughter had survived inside the mangled frame… Both children were extricated safely and taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital, where doctors stated they were out of danger,” a senior official said.Prasad, his wife, and their elder daughter were pulled from the car and transported to the government hospital in Sohna, where doctors declared them dead on arrival.Inspector Satpal, Station House Officer of the Bhondsi police station, said the couple’s relatives have been notified. Police said no arrests have been made so far and teams are tracing the driver and the owner of the abandoned bus.© The Indian Express Pvt LtdAdvertisementLoading Recommendations...AdvertisementLive BlogIndia Vs New Zealand Live Score, 4th T20I: Shreyas Iyer departs for IND vs NZ at Auckland13 minutes agoIsrael Election Results 2026 LIVE Updates: Netanyahu rules out Arab party alliance as Israel coalition talks loom33 minutes agoJailer 2 Box Office Collection Day 15 Live Updates: Rajinikanth film sells record 1 cr tickets on BookMyShow, earns Rs 765 cr worldwide34 minutes agoIndia News Live Updates, 30 October 2026: Delhi metro timings extended today for Diljit Dosanjh concert1 hour agoIndia vs Pakistan Highlights, Hong Kong Sixes 2026: PAK thump IND by 4 wickets, Afridi steals show2 hours agoAdvertisement