In a tragic incident, two men were killed while a woman was critically injured after a speeding truck lost control and hit two cars coming from opposite direction in Delhi’s South Extension area on the intervening night of Saturday-Sunday. In another hit and run case, a 28-year-old man was grievously injured after his bike was allegedly hit by a speeding car in Dwarka on Sunday morning, police said.
The deceased have been identified as Dalip Dutta (52), the owner of the car and his driver Ravi Kumar (48) while the injured has been identified as 49-year-old Seema Dutta, wife of Dalip Dutta..
According to a senior police official, the offending truck was coming from the Lajpat Nagar and heading towards Dhaula Kuan carriageway route when the vehicle reached an underpass at south extension, driver lost control over the vehicle.
“First the driver hit the divider and landed on the opposite carriageway. It then allegedly hit two cars. After receiving a police control room (PCR) call at around 1.26 am on Sunday a police team rushed to the spot,” said the senior police official.
“On reaching the spot, the three persons travelling in one of the cars that was hit by the truck were rushed to Trauma Centre where Ravi Kumar and Dalip Dutta were declared brought dead by the doctors. However, Dutta’s wife Seema who was seriously injured remained critical and undergoing treatment,” said the senior police official.
“While all the four people who were travelling in another car did not sustain any injury and are safe,” said the senior police official.
“A case was registered and police have initiated investigation. The truck driver had fled from the spot after the incident. Police have seized the vehicle. However, the truck with Rajasthan registration belongs to Bharatpur. Police teams are seeking details from the authorities there regarding the owner of the vehicle,” said the senior police official adding that no CCTV footage of the incident is available to identify or establish the sequence of accident.
In the second incident reported in Dwrka district, the victim, identified as Amit Singh, works at a private firm here. Singh hails from Kangra in Himachal Pradesh and resides here in Dwarka Mor with his family, police said.
The incident took place at Lovely Chowk when a speeding sports utility vehicle (SUV) hit a road-divider, and then broke through a park wall, a senior police officer said. The car had also hit a bike, leaving its rider seriously injured, he said,
The injured was rushed to a nearby hospital where he is undergoing treatment and is said to be out of danger, he said. The accused fled the spot soon after the accident, the officer said, adding the offending vehicle has been seized.
Onlookers told police that at least three-four persons were inside the offending vehicle and were drunk. A case has been registered and efforts are being taken to nab the accused, officer said. Police are also scanning CCTV footage to identify the accused and establish sequence of events, a police official said.