A 65-year-old NRI woman was killed in a road accident near AIIMS in South Delhi on Wednesday. Victim Sushma Dua, along with her sister and brother-in-law, was going to Gurugram in a car to attend a wedding when the accident took place around 3.30 pm, said police, adding that the car allegedly hit a road divider and then rammed into a street pole.
locals rushed forward to help the car occupants and police was informed. The errant driver was arrested and his car was compounded. Police said Dua was living with her husband and son in Australia. She had come to a relative’s house in Meerut a week ago to attend a wedding in Gurugram.
“Dua was sitting on the front seat. She received severe head injuries and died during treatment. Her family in Australia has been informed. The car driver, Anil Kumar (41), has been arrested,” said a senior police officer.
A case under section 279 (rash driving) has been registered against Kumar at Hauz Khas police station.
Dua’s post mortem was conducted at AIIMS Trauma Centre. Her final rites will be done in Australia, police said.
In a separate road accident on Wednesday, a man was injured after his car allegedly rammed into a truck in Saket area of South Delhi. The incident took place around 11 pm. The car occupant was injured and the front part of his car was damaged. Police officials said that till now no case has been registered.
In another incident, a sub-inspector was injured when his bike was hit by a car in south east Delhi’s Govindpuri on Tuesday. The victim, Navneet Kumar, who is posted at Govindpuri police station met with the accident while he was going for investigation on his bike. Police said that he was hit by a Swift Dzire from the front side.
Kumar sustained severe injuries, including head injury. Immediately he was rushed to Batra Hospital. His condition still stays critical, police said.
“A case has been registered under sections 279 (rash driving) and 337 (Causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others) of the IPC.