Two people, including a police constable, were killed when a truck carrying nine-and-a-half tonne of cable wire plying on Africa Avenue hit a car in South Delhi’s R K Puram area at 12:15 am on Wednesday night.
Police arrested the truck driver’s helper but the driver of the truck fled from the spot.
At a police check post, the driver of the truck, who was drunk, lost his balance and hit a wagon R car which went crashing on the side pavement. The occupants of the car were not injured.
“Then the truck rammed over Constable Deepak before he could even move away. After mowing down the constable the truck went on to ram into the Ola cab which had three occupants, who were from North East India. While two identified as K Saro (31) and Esther lugpen (21) were injured, the third Santosh Baru (32) succumbed to his injuries when he was taken to AIIMS trauma centre,” said a police official.
“This did not stop the driver as he sped forward towards Hyatt hotel and smashed into the rear of a Volkswagon Polo car but the occupants escaped unhurt. The driver’s truck broke down then and he fled from the spot,” said the police official.