Three people died and one was injured after an SUV rammed into their motorcycle in southwest Delhi’s Dwarka area, police said on Friday.  Police received information about the accident near NLU red light on Thursday.

The injured were taken to the Indira Gandhi Hospital. The motorcycle and the SUV were found at the scene of the crash, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Dwarka) M Harsha Vardhan said. The victims were going towards Sector 17 from Bharat Vihar when the SUV coming from Sector 13 side hit them. The accident took place near the NLU traffic signal on Thursday night when Lakhan (37) was on the way to drop home his sister, her husband and their daughter.

Upon reaching the hospital, police found Maate (32) and Diksha (10), residents of Spine Enclave in Dwarka Sector-17, undergoing treatment. Both were referred to Safdarjung Hospital after first aid, they said.  Foola (30) and Lakhan (37) were declared dead, the DCP said, adding that injured Deeksha also died in hospital. All four victims, hailing from Madhya Pradesh’s Tikamgarh district, were on the same motorcycle. They worked as labourers in Delhi, police said. Foola was the wife of Maate and Lakhan was his brother-in-law, they said.

According to police, hours before Lakhan was killed after an SUV rammed into their motorbike in southwest Delhi’s Dwarka area, he had celebrated the birthday of his son with his sister’s family at his house.    During the inquiry, the statement of the Maate was recorded who stated that he was going towards Sector 17 on a motorcycle from Bharat Vihar with his family when the SUV coming from Sector 13 side hit them, the DCP said.