Dwarka accident: Roads that cut lives short Premium

Tragic Dwarka accident raises urgent questions about road safety, juvenile accountability, and the need for helmet compliance amid grief.

The cramped bedroom where 23-year-old Sahil Dhaneshra spent his time is witness to the ambitions he once nurtured. One poster on the wall reads: ‘They want to fly first class, I want to own the plane’. On the ceiling, above the bed where he slept, a hand-painted note declares: ‘2025 will be my $1,000,000 year!’

Across the room, his study table — now lined with framed photographs of his smiling face — showcases trophies and medals he earned over the years.

On February 3, at about 11.40 a.m., Dhaneshra was killed in a road accident after his motorcycle collided with an SUV driven by a minor. The driver and his sister were in the vehicle. The accident took place just 400 metres away from their home in Dwarka’s Sector 11.

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Videos that later went viral show the SUV speeding down an undivided road with cars parked on both sides. The SUV was in the middle of the road when Dhaneshra’s motorcycle approached from the opposite direction, attempting to overtake a bus ahead of him, and allegedly entered briefly into the lane of oncoming traffic.

After the impact, Dhaneshra’s motorcycle was mangled. After striking the bike, the SUV rammed into a taxi parked along the road. The rear of the taxi and the front of the SUV were completely crushed, and the bus was also damaged.