A 30-year-old rickshaw passenger died while three were injured after a car hit two vehicles on Monday morning near Yamuna Bank depot in east Delhi.
According to Priyanka Kashyap, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), East district, on Monday at 10.57 AM, a police control room (PCR) call regarding fatal accident infront of Yamuna Bank depot was received following which an Emergency Response Vehicle (ERV) was dispatched for the spot.
“After reaching the spot, a rickshaw, one Tata Ace and a car were found in accidental condition. Rickshaw rider Sanjeev Yadav (40), driver of the car and driver of Tata Ace Rampreet Das (35) got injured in the accident whereas one Nawal Kumar Yadav, passenger of the rickshaw, a resident of Jhuggi near Yamuna Bank Depot, succumbed to the injuries,” said the DCP.
“During initial investigation, it was revealed that the car was coming from Noida side and hit the vehicles. The car found registered in the name of Manoj Sharma, a resident of Sector-11 in Noida,” said the DCP.
“The condition of Yadav and Sharma is serious whereas Das is out of danger. The injured persons are being treated at LBS and GTB hospitals. A case under sections 279 (rash driving) and 304A (causing death by negligence) has been registered at Shakarpur police station against Sharma,” said the DCP.