A 24 year old auto rickshaw driver was killed after being hit by a car driven by a Delhi Police constable in east Delhi's Kalyanpuri area.
According to the police, the incident took place on Thursday night when the vehicles had a head-on collision near the Trilokpuri road. A senior police officer said that it is suspected that the accident took place as the autorickshaw was coming from the wrong side of the road but it is being further corroborated.
The officer said soon after receiving a call, a police team reached the spot and found the damaged vehicles while the auto rickshaw driver, Harsh, was already taken to a hospital while the driver of the Hyundai i10 car, constable Varun Yadav, was present at the spot. “The victim was found severely injured and under observation in the hospital by the police and was unfit for a statement,” he said.
He said Yadav is deployed at the Mayur Vihar police station and was going to attend a case that had occurred within his police station's jurisdiction. The constable was taken into police custody and sent for a medical examination. "He was not found under the influence of alcohol," another officer said.
