One person was killed and another seriously injured after a speeding white-coloured i20 car allegedly hit an auto-rickshaw and a rickshaw near Sukhdev Vihar Metro Station in South-East Delhi on Saturday, police said.
The injured person has been admitted to a nearby hospital for treatment. Police are investigating the matter and efforts are being made to trace the accused driver. During this time, the white i20 car first rammed into an auto-rickshaw and later hit a rickshaw passing nearby. Following the accident, police reached the spot and initiated an investigation into the circumstances leading to the collision. The damaged vehicles were also examined as part of the investigation. Police are examining CCTV footage from cameras installed in the area to identify the driver and ascertain the sequence of events leading to the accident. Further investigation is underway.
The accident took place around 100 metres away from the metro station. A witness present near the accident spot said that around 6:30 am, two speeding cars were allegedly racing with each other. The accident took place at around 3:20 am on Road No. 13 under the jurisdiction of Sarita Vihar Police Station, when workers were carrying out CCTV installation work.
The driver of the i20 car fled the spot after abandoning the vehicle, according to police. The eyewitness, who runs a tea stall near the spot, said he was present at his shop when the accident occurred. The incident comes a few days after a similar accident in which three people were killed and three others injured after a medium-sized dumper, allegedly coming from Noida, collided with a stationary crane and an auto-rickshaw carrying workers of the Safe City Project in Delhi’s Sarita Vihar area early Sunday, police said.
