A Delhi Police sub-inspector (SI) was killed while two policemen were seriously injured when a speeding container truck broke barricades and rammed into their PCR van on Tuesday in East Delhi’s Mayur Vihar area.
The deceased has been identified as 59-year-old sub-inspector Subedar Khan.The accident took place around 1.00 am when sub-inspector Subedar Khan along with assistant sub-inspector Girdhari lal (50) and constable Aqeel Khan (46) were on PCR duty at Chilla checkpost. Khan was standing behind the barricades while Girdhari lal and Aqeel Khan were seated inside the PCR van.
“A container truck, which was heading to Noida from Delhi, suddenly rammed into the barricade, dragged it and then crashed into the PCR van. Subedar Khan was crushed between the truck and the police vehicle while his other two colleagues were also injured,” said a senior police official.
The truck was being driven at breakneck speed. It yanked the barricade and the Gypsy a few metres and climbed on to the footpath before coming to a grinding halt. The driver and the helper fled leaving the truck behind.
Subedar Khan was rushed to lBS Hospital from where he was referred to Max Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead on arrival. He was a resident of Shashi Garden area in Dilshad Garden, police said. A manhunt has been launched to nab the errant driver of the truck after a case was registered.