Two persons were killed on Sunday morning after the car they were travelling in rammed into the footpath on the India Gate circle. The incident took place in the wee hours of Sunday. The deceased were identified as Rakesh and Vikas.
The incident took place at around 2:55 am when five people in Toyota Altis car met with the accident on the India Gate circle near Modern Art Gallery. The car was being driven by a woman at a high speed. The car was coming from Shershah Road. As they reached near the Zakir Hussain Marg crossing on India Gate circle, the women lost control of the vehicle and rammed the car into the footpath.
Three other passengers identified as Rohit Mehta, Pooja Mehta and Preeti Vohra car were safe and escaped with injuries but Rakesh and Vikas sitting on the left hand side of the car were injured badly. The PCR rushed them to the Ram Manohar lohia Hospital where they were declared brought dead.
In another incident, a WagonR and a Chevrolet Cruze car coming from opposite directions had a head on head collision near Pragati Maidan metro station at W point and caught fire. Hrithik who was driving the Cruze car and Abdullah and Mastoor Alam in the Wagon car suffered injuries and burns. They were rushed to lady Hardinge hospital.
In another incident at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) underpass a Honda city car caught fire at 4:45 on Sunday evening. Two fire engines were used to seize the fire but the man inside the car was fully burnt and died in the car.