A 16-year-old boy was mowed to death by a speeding RTV in Outer Delhi’s Begumpur area on Monday morning. The deceased has been identified as Naveen Garg.
Police said the accident took place at around 8.30 am on Monday when Naveen, a resident of Krishna Vihar was going to his friend’s residence for board exam preparation. He was a student of Class X.
“The accident took place at the police picket near the Maharaja Agrasen Chowk when an over-speeding RTV hit Naveen, who was riding a scooty. local police posted at the spot saw that the RTV, which was over-speeding first rammed into the scooty. The collision of the scooty and the RTV was such that a part of the scooty got stuck in the RTV and the driver of the RTV fled from the spot leaving behind the vehicle.
locals and police personnel present at the spot rushed the teenager to a nearby hospital where he was declared brought dead.
Police said they have registered a case under relevant sections of the IPC at the Begumpur police station. Police have seized the errant RTV and efforts are on to nab the errant driver at the earliest, police added.