Two road accidents claimed lives of two persons in the national Capital within the span of 24 hours. A 41-year-old auto rickshaw driver was killed after an SUV hit his vehicle in South Delhi’s Safdarjung Enclave area late on Sunday night.
According to police, the SUV driver sped away seeing that the auto driver was fatally injured in the accident.
When a police team arrived, the auto driver was rushed to Safdarjung Hospital emergence where the doctors declared him brought dead. His body was sent for post mortem and family members were informed. He was identified as Rohit, a resident of Mayur Vihar area. Meanwhile, while inspecting the spot, police team found a part of the suspicious SUV’s bumper, with the help of which the vehicle was identified.
“Efforts to trace the owner are underway and the suspect will soon be arrested,” said a senior police officer.
In another incident, a 14-year-old child was crushed under a tractor carrying debris in Northwest Delhi’s Jahangirpuri area late on Monday evening. The deceased was identified as Rahul, a student of eighth standard, who lived with his family in Mahendra Park area. Police said that the incident took place when Rahul had left his house to get milk from a nearby dairy.
While he was walking, the tractor driver from a construction site nearby, was reversing a tractor debris-laden trolley. He did not spot Rahul and ran over him. locals rushed Rahul to a hospital where he died. A case under IPC Section 304A for causing death due to negligence and was registered against the driver, who is on run, police said.