Two people, who were going to the airport to catch a flight, died after a truck overturned on their car in South Delhi’s Lajpat Nagar area on early hours of Wednesday. Police said that the truck driver fled from the spot after the accident however that the owner of the truck bearing a Haryana registration has been identified.
Police said that Ankit Malhotra and Ranjan Kalra, both aged 35, were into event management and going to Kolkata for work. Malhotra lived in Karkardooma and had come to pick Kalra up from his residence in Lajpat Nagar.
According to R P Meena, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Southeast district, a police control room regarding the accident was received around 3.50 AM following which an Emergency Response Vehicle (ERV) was dispatched for the spot.
“On the spot, a truck had overturned and the rice container it was carrying had fallen on a Honda City under the Lajpat Nagar flyover on the Ring Road. The two persons inside the car were badly crushed under the container,” said the DCP.
“It took the police nearly an hour to remove the vehicle and take out the bodies. Two big hydra cranes, one JCB and two small cranes from the traffic unit were called and the container filled with rice bags was removed,” said the DCP.
“Malhotra and Kalra were declared brought dead by doctors at a hospital. A case has been registered under section 279 (rash driving or riding on a public way) and 304A (causing death by negligence) of the Indian Penal Code and efforts are being made to nab the truck driver,” said the DCP.
“Police teams are scanning CCTV cameras,” said the DCP. "Kalra lived with his family in Krishna Market in Lajpat Nagar and Malhotra was a resident of Saini Enclave near Karkardooma," police said.