Five people were injured after they were hit by a rashly driven cab on Friday morning in New Ashok Nagar. The accused, a cab driver with App based cab service Uber fled the spot leaving the car behind.
According to a senior police official, the incident occurred at around 7: 30 am when the Uber driver lost control on his Maruti Wagon R car and hit five people on the road. “The injured were identified as Pooja (14), Vaishnavi (15), Avdesh (42) and two others who are critical and are yet to be identified”.
“A call was received on Police Control Room (PCR) call in the morning regarding the accident. The team rushed to the spot and found five people injured. They were immediately rushed to nearby hospital where Pooja and Vaishnavi were discharged after treatment and the other three are still in critical condition,” said the senior police official.
“A case has been registered and we are trying to trace the cab driver,” said the police official.
In another incident, a man sleeping on footpath in New Friends colony was run over by a truck on Thursday night. “We had received a Police Control Room (PCR) call around 12: 30 am regarding a road accident following a team rushed to spot and found a man injured. He was immediately rushed to AIIMS where the doctors declared him brought dead,” said Chinmoy Biswal, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), south east district.
“The driver fled the spot by abandoning his truck. The deceased is yet to be identified. It has been revealed the truck driver has lost control over the steering and also hit two cars parked on the roadside. We are trying to trace the accused driver. A case has been registered,” said the DCP.”