A 54-year-old Delhi Police sub-inspector on duty was killed and the driver of a pick-up van was seriously injured after an allegedly speeding car hit them on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway in East Delhi's Pandav Nagar on Tuesday morning.
The driver of the car bearing a Delhi registration number fled the spot, leaving the damaged vehicle behind. The crash caused a traffic jam on a carriageway of the expressway and the parallel road of National Highway 24 in the same direction.
According to police, a PCR call was received early in the morning about an accident involving a policeman.
SI Gangasaran and ASI Ajay Tomar were on patrolling duty in a Gypsy with Tomar at wheel, a senior police officer said. Around 5.30 am, the two stopped a Bolero pick-up for checking and Gangasaran came out of the vehicle, as did Ramgopal, the truck driver.
As they were standing on the road, a Honda Amaze car came speeding from Ghaziabad side going towards Sarai Kale Khan and hit Gangasaran and Ramgopal from behind, the officer said.