Two women, including a 65-year-old woman, died while four others sustained injuries when a speeding truck hit a divider, crossed the carriageway and rammed into two cars on Ring Road near Raja Garden Chowk on Thursday morning.
According to police, all the injured were rushed to different hospitals. The woman, 52, a pedestrian died on the spot. Murti Devi, an elderly woman succumbed to injuries at a nearby hospital. Her niece, Tripti, is critical and recuperating at a private hospital. Meanwhile, the occupants of the Alto car identified as Phool Kumar, Pawan Kumar, Udham Singh and four-year-old boy Bhawnesh were discharged after treatment.
According to an eye-witness, Sanjay Singh, a tea vendor, post accident there was severe traffic jam at the Raja Garden Chowk area.
Police said the accident took place around 6.45 am near the ESI hospital when a speeding truck overturned while going from the Raja Garden Chowk towards Punjabi Bagh and fell on two cars which were on the other side of the carriage way.
“A woman was trying to cross the road. In the initial investigation, it is likely that in order to save that woman pedestrian, the truck driver tried to steer away the vehicle, however, he lost control and hit the divider. The impact of the collision of the truck with the divider was so severe that the truck went on the other carriageway and first hit a Red Honda Amaze and then hit a White Alto car. The Honda Amaze had three occupants, including Murti Devi, her niece, Tripti Garg and her class fellow Shubham Mishra, who Garg picked up from Punjabi Bagh side,” said an investigator.
The officer said the impact of the accident was so severe that Honda Amaze was severely decimated while Alto, which was behind the Honda Amaze car and it occupants, including four people sustained minor injuries.
Police said Alto car occupants were heading to the AIIMS hospital to get Bhawnesh for a check-up. Police said they have registered a case under Sections 279 and 304 A of the IPC at the Rajouri Garden police station. Further investigation is on to nab the errant truck driver.