Delhi

2 crushed to death in 24 hours

Staff Reporter

In last 24 hours two people were crushed to death by vehicle in North Delhi area in two separate incidents.

In first incident, a 65-year-old man was killed after a car rammed into his bicycle in north Delhi’s Civil Lines area. The accident took place on Wednesday night when the victim took a right turn from a signal and the car, which was coming from the opposite direction, rammed into his bicycle.

Deceased has been identified as Prakash Tiwari, resident of P&T colony in Civil lines. According to senior police official, a call was received regarding the incident on Wednesday night following which a police team rushed to the spot.

“On spot, Prakash was rushed to the Trauma Centre where doctors declared him brought dead. Initial investigation suggests that the car was coming from Vidhan Sabha area and was on way to IP college in Civil Lines when the car hit Prakash,” said the senior police official.

While in another incident in Lahori Gate area a 52-year-old man identified as Jameer a resident of Jafarabad was mowed down by a truck, which was coming from wrong side on Wednesday night.

Jameer was heading back to his home on his motorcycle when the truck, coming from wrong side, rammed in to his bike. After the incident the enraged locals started pelting stones at the truck.