Tragically, a young man from Kerala who was travelling by skateboard from Kanyakumari to Kashmir died in a truck collision in Haryana. Anas Hajas, 31, was travelling from Pinjore in Panchkula to Nalagarh in Himachal Pradesh when he was struck by a speeding truck at 7:30 in the morning.
Ram Karan, who is an investigation officer at Pinjore police station, said, “He was on his skateboard when a truck hit him from the back and fled the spot. Some locals, however, noted the vehicle’s registration number and informed the police. Hajas was taken to the neighbouring Kalka Government Hospital where doctors declared him brought dead.”
While digging into more, it has been stated that Hajas, who was a native of Venjaramoodu in Thiruvananthapuram, had started on the 3511-km-long expedition on May 29. Hajas claimed to be only 600 kilometres from Kashmir in a video released on social media on July 30 by a local village association.
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“It may take another 15 days to reach Kashmir. These days, I am skating only 40 to 50 km a day. So far, everything has been safe. Thanks everyone,’’ he said in the video posted from the Haryana-Punjab border.
The former techie's trip unexpectedly ended on Tuesday, 15 days before it was scheduled to end. After finishing his trek to Kashmir, Hajas was reportedly preparing for another endurance adventure to Bhutan, Nepal, and Cambodia.
About Anas Hajas
Hajas, a computer science graduate, first worked at a tech company in Thiruvananthapuram before moving on to a school in Bihar. His family claims that Hajas picked up skating by viewing YouTube videos and quickly developed an addiction to it. He left his work about three years ago to pursue his passion, and during that time he also helped teach neighbourhood kids to skateboard. Hajas has a considerable fan base on social media, routinely posting videos of his skateboarding prowess on Instagram and YouTube. Hajas is survived by his father, Aliyarkunji, mother, Shaila Beevi, and three siblings.
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