Three persons, including two teenagers and a Zomato delivery boy, died and two others suffered major injuries in a high-impact crash involving a car and a motorcycle in East Delhi's Shakarpur area on Sunday. The car turned turtle following the collision, trapping its occupants. Two of the deceased have been identified by the police as sisters Jyoti (17) and Bharti (19) who were inside the car, while the third victim is the motorbike rider wearing a Zomato T-shirt, who is yet to be identified.
After the accident, all the seven car occupants — members of a family — were taken out of the vehicle by the police. According to police, the bike was in front of the car but the sequence of events that led to the accident is yet to be established. The CCTV cameras are being scanned to ascertain its cause. Deputy Commissioner of Police (East) Priyanka Kashyap said, “On May 1, around 1 a.m., a PCR call about an accident involving a car and a bike on Vikas Marg was received at Shakarpur police station. The staff immediately reached the spot and found one damaged motorcycle and one Wagon R car turned upside down.” Both the vehicles were severely damaged in the crash.
The motorcycle rider was taken to the hospital and the people stuck in the car were rescued, she said.
Four of the injured were taken to Hedgewar Hospital where two of them — Jyoti and Bharti — were declared brought dead. The remaining two suffered minor injuries, while the motorcyclist was declared brought dead at Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) Hospital, the DCP added.