In a horrific incident, a 25-year-old man, who worked at a juice shop at ITO was killed after he was allegedly hit by a white Audi car on late Saturday night. The brutality of the accident is evident from the videos recorded by stringers which show how the middle aged man got stuck in the iron railing.
According to eyewitnesses, Manoj alias Kundan Yadav, the victim was crossing the road after offering food to the homeless people when he was allegedly hit by a rashly driven Audi car. Police sources said that the impact of the collision was such that the man was flung in the air and came crashing on the iron rods of the divider. He died on the spot as he was impaled on the rods. Eyewitnesses present at the spot told the police that it was a white coloured Audi car. Before the onlookers could rush towards Manoj, the car sped away.
Eyewitnesses told The Pioneer that the man was stuck on the iron railing for a long time. The accident happened around 11.10 pm near the road on the Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg when an over speeding vehicle coming from the side of the Delhi Gate hit the juice vendor.
Police sources said that a PCR call was received at around 11:30pm following which a team of local police rushed to the spot and took the victim to the lNJP hospital where he was declared brought dead. Manoj, a native of Bihar used to work at the Subhash juice shop at ITO.
Mandeep Singh Randhawa, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Central district, said, “It was a hit and run case. The errant vehicle is yet to be identified. We have registered a case under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code at the IP Estate police station and investigation has been taken up.”
Police sources said that in the absence of the CCTV cameras near the accident spot, they are finding it difficult to establish what precisely transpired, the errant car and the man who was behind the wheels.