A 35-year-old man died while five women suffered minor injuries when the Swift Dzire car that were travelling collided with a Mahindra SUV in Outer Delhi’s Begumpur area late on Tuesday night.
According to the police, the deceased has been identified as Pankaj. Police said that they have detained the errant driver of the call centre cab.
A senior police official said that the accident took place at around 10:30pm at the 100 phoota road near the Begumpur Sector 23 when Pankaj, who owns a workshop in Begumpur Sector 2 was returning to his home in Budh Vihar area.
The Mahindra SUV cab, affiliated to a private call centre was heading towards Begumpur when the errant driver of the call centre cab accidentally collided with Swift Dzire.
Eyewitnesses told police that the impact of the collision was so much that both the vehicles were damaged beyond recognition.
Family members of Pankaj alleged that Pankaj died in an road rage incident as he suffered multiple fractures on his head, hands and neck, sources said.
According to the police, locals present at the spot of the incident, rushed towards both the cars. In the meantime, one of the locals made the PCR call after which a team of local police rushed Pankaj to Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar hospital, where he was declared dead.
While the five injured- Sita, Payal, Surbhi, Pooja and laxmi, suffered minor injuries and were rushed to the Sanjay Gandhi hospital.
Body of Pankaj will be handed over to his family after post-mortem examination.
Police added that they are scanning the CCTV footage of the nearby spot to establish the exact sequence of events.
Police said that they have registered a case under Section 279 (rash driving) and 304 A (causing death due negligence) of the Indian Penal Code at the Begumpur police station. Further investigation is
underway.