In yet another road mishap, two persons died while three others were injured after a rashly driven car allegedly hit an autorickshaw here at Shastri Nagar light point near Manimajra, on Sunday.
The accused is still absconding, said police.According to the Police, the deceased and the injured persons were travelling in an auto rickshaw whereas the car was occupying two persons.Police sources said that the accident took place at around 6.45 am when the auto rickshaw driver was heading towards Manimajra ferrying four passengers. As soon as the auto rickshaw reached the light point of Shastri Nagar, a rashly driven black coloured Verna car coming from the IT park side hit the auto rickshaw. The car after hitting the auto rammed into the divider.
Following the accident, the passengers in the auto rickshaw were severely injured. However, the accused car driver managed to escape from the spot along with his partner leaving the car behind.After reaching the spot, police had rushed the injured to the PGIMER where doctors on duty declared the auto driver and one of the passengers brought dead while three others were admitted at the hospital and were still under treatment.
The deceased auto driver has been identified as Mahinder Singh (45) and the deceased passenger has been identified as Rohit Thakur (21) while other passengers including Satish Kumar (21), Ashish (19) and Rameshwar (60) were seriously injured.According to the information, Satish has sustained a head injury, Ashish sustained an injury wounds on leg, arm and shoulders while Rameshwar received injury on arms and leg.
All three were still under treatment at PGIMER and the condition of Satish is said to be critical.Charanjeet Singh, SHO, Manimajra said that the deceased Rohit and his two friends Satish and Ashish who work at a restaurant in Sector 26 were on their way back to their rented accommodation in Manimajra when the accident took place whereas Rameshwar had boarded the auto from Transport Chowk.
The auto driver Maninder was working as a security guard at a factory in Panchkula and he used to drive auto as a part time job.A case has been registered against the car driver and efforts are being made to arrest the accused. The Police have impounded the car and initiated an investigation into the case, added SHO.