Two friends were killed after their car rammed into the central verge of Metro pillars in Delhi Cant area on Saturday night. Police said speed of the car was so high due to which driver lost the control and it turned turtle after ramming into the pillar. The bodies of both the deceased identified as Puneet Kriplani (25) and Jaideep Singh (26) have been handed over to their parents after the postmortem.
The accident took place around 10 pm on Saturday when Punit and Jaideep were returning on a Santro car after meeting their friends in Vasant Vihar. Punit was on the driving seat. “As they reached at Dhaula Kuan, their car rammed the central verge between the pillar number 37 and 38 and turned turtle,” said a police officer adding both the occupants received severe injuries.
Both were rushed to AllMS where both were declared brought dead. Police said that prima facie it appears the car was at very high speed due to which the accident took place.
Punit worked with an MNC in Shekh Sarai and lived with his family in Shalimar Bagh. The car was owned by his father. Jaideep was also an engineer but was looking for a job. He lived with his family in south Delhi’s BK Dutt colony. A case has been registered at Dhuala Kuan police station.
In another accident, a 30-year-old woman died while her husband injured after their motorcycle was hit by a truck in south Delhi’s at Sarita Vihar area on Sunday afternoon. The woman identified as Geeta and her husband Ashok were returning home at Madanpur Khadar when they met with an accident near Sarita Vihar Metro Station.