Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate for the upcoming Assembly elections in Delhi from Sundar Nagari constituency was hit by a speeding car in Ghaziabad.
She has been admitted to a local hospital in critical condition. The accident occurred near Kaushambi Metro station under link Road Police station of Ghaziabad.The police said the victim Santosh Koli was coming to her party office in Kaushambi.She was pillion-riding a motorcycle behiond one Kuldeep. At 3 pm, a speeding car hit the motorcycle from behind due to which Kuldeep lost control.
Kuldeep and Santosh sustained critical injuries. The impact of the collission was such that after the accident the motorcycle caught fire and was gutted.They were rushed to nearby Yashoda Hospital where doctors referred them to the ICU of the hospital."Santosh has been an active leader of the party in Sundar Nagari. Arvind Kejriwal staged the agitation from her residence in the past, against the inflated power bills," said Manish Sisodia an AAP leader.
"A case of attempt to murder and rash driving has been registered against the car driver. The arrant driver fled the spot after hitting them," said SP City Shiva Shankar Yadav.After the incident, AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and other party activists rushed to hospital, he said.