In two separate incidents, a 20-year-old call centre employee was killed and around three others were injured after a speeding Tata Indica car they were travelling in collided in a stationary truck in south east Delhi's Nehru Place area on Tuesday morning. In another incident, 16 police officials were injured after a mini-truck they were traveling in turned turtle in South Delhi’s August Kranti Marg area on Tuesday afternoon while they were going for duty.
According to the police, the incident took place at around 2.30 am when the taxi was headed towards Chirag Dilli to drop the call center staff home from their office in Noida. Eye witnesses say that the accident took place when the taxi driver lost control over his vehicle while attempting to save a pedestrian and rammed it into the parked truck. The truck was loaded with steel beams meant for the Delhi Metro construction site.
The deceased was identified as Vignesh Mahesh (20). Others who were injured are Sachin Kumar (25), Saurabh Roy (22) and Sunil (35) driver of the taxi. All three were admitted to AIIMS Trauma Center where they are being treated.
A police officer said that half the portion of the taxi was completely damaged from the front as the impact of the smash was so overpowering. To rescue the injured occupants the police had to cut open a portion of the taxi. Vignesh was sitting on the front passenger's seat. All four were taken to AIIMS Trauma Center where Vignesh was pronounced dead on admission.
A case of rash and negligent driving causing death has been registered against the taxi driver. Also a case of improper parking has been registered against the truck driver hwo in his statement told the police that he was waiting for a signal to pass the road. The metro security men had apparently not siganlled him and that is why he stood there and did not move. In another accident, 16 policemen, who were going for their Muharram duty to Karbala in Jorbagh, were injured after the mini truck they were traveling in turned turtle at August Kranti Marg.