Two girl students died and another person sustained severe injuries on Wednesday when they were hit by a truck.
The fatal accident occured in North West district when the driver of a truck was reversing his vehicle.
The driver immediately tried to flee the scene but his truck overturned at Azadpur loop and the driver was killed on the spot.
“A police control room (PCR) call was received at Bhalswa Dairy Police Station at around 2 pm on Wednesday. The caller told police that a truck at a service road in Mukandpur chowk had mowed down three-four persons,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Northwest) Aslam Khan.
Police Control Room (PCR) was informed about the accident and the injured were taken to a nearby hospital. “ The injured was identified as Umesh (35).
They were rushed to Babu Jagjiwan Ram hospital at Jehangirpuri where Shikha was declared brought dead,” said the DCP.
“On enquiry, it was found that the driver of an Eicher-709 truck had mowed down two girl students, while he was reversing the vehicle. Having realised his folly, the driver tried to run away but it was fated otherwise.
While he was trying to negotiate the Azadpur loop, he lost control over the wheels and the truck overturned.
The driver was apparently crushed below his own truck. The deceased driver was identified as Rajan, a resident of Mainpuri district of Uttar Pradesh, the DCP said.
Meanwhile, a case has been registered under sections 279 (rash driving) and 304 A (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) at Bhalswa Dairy Police Station and investigation has been launched the DCP said.