A 64-year-old woman died and a man got injured after being hit by a car in southwest Delhi's Uttam Nagar area on Sunday morning.
According to the police, they got information about the incident at around 6 am. “On Sunday at about 6:03 am a PCR call regarding an accident at Uttam Nagar terminal by one car was received. Police reached there and found that the injured had been taken to hospital,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (Dwarka) Ankit Singh said.
“While Kamlesh, a resident of Gupta Enclave, was admitted to Deen Dayal Upadhyay (DDU) Hospital, the unidentified injured man, in his 70s, was taken to Mata Chanan Devi Hospital," the officer said.
According to an eyewitness, the victims were crossing the road near Uttam Nagar Terminal when a vehicle, reportedly driven rashly, rammed into them. The vehicle, coming from the Janakpuri side, fled the scene immediately after the accident, the eyewitness said.
Kamlesh succumbed to injuries during treatment while the unidentified man remains hospitalised in critical condition. "We checked the CCTV footage which led to the identification of the offending vehicle, and the police have registered a case,” he said.
The body is being sent for post-mortem and further probe is underway, the officer said, adding that a case under section 281 (Rash driving) and 106(1) (Causing death of a person by negligence) of BNS has been registered.
