Six persons were killed when a dumper collided with a Wagon-R around 12:15 pm near Badarpur flyover on Thursday, police said. Among them, four persons belonged to a family who died on the spot in the accident. Police arrested the driver of the dumper.
The deceased were identified as Raju, Rajkumar, Ramsheesh, Madan, Avdesh and Hari Shankar, hailing from Bihar.
According to police officials, it is alleged that the accident took place due to invisibility on the road caused by fog. According to police, the accident took place at around 12:15 pm near the Badarpur flyover. Wagon-R, carrying six men, were going towards Faridabad when an over-speeding dumper hit it.
According to source, the car was about to take a u-turn when the speeding drummer hit it. locals informed police about the accident. Police rushed four of them to the Apollo hospital while two of them were taken to AIIMS trauma centre where all the six were declared brought dead.
According to a senior police official, all the six were residents of Kalkaji and were going to Faridabad.
A case has been registered at the Badarpur police station under Section 304 A( Causing death by negligence) and 279( Rash driving or riding on a public way) against the dumper driver.