A 38-year-old woman died and her 13-year-old son got injured when the car they were travelling in was smashed by a speeding car coming from opposite side suddenly jumped the divider and hit the rear side of their car on Friday night near Punjabi Bagh in the national Capital, police said on Saturday.
Being driven by a 22-year-old drunken girl, who along with her three other friends, was going to celebrate weekend, lost control of her car resulting into the accident, said police.
According to Monika Bhardawaj, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), West district, the deceased is identified as Poonam Sardana, a resident of Indira Nagar in Adarsh Nagar area of West Delhi whereas the accused identified as Shivani Malik a resident of Mohan Nagar in Ghaziabad.
“We received a Police Control Room (PCR) call around 11:54 pm on Friday regarding the accident following which a team rushed to the spot. At the spot Maruti Suzuki S-Cross car and one Mahindra Qunto were found in bad condition. The injured were taken to Fortis hospital where Poonam was declared brought dead while her son is getting treatment,” said the DCP.
“During our initial investigation we came to know that Sudhir Sardana along with his brother Vimal Sardana, Vimal’s wife and son were returning home from Chattarpur Mandir when the car coming from opposite site suddenly jumped divider and hit the rear side of their car,” said the DCP.
“We have registered a case in Police Station Punjabi Bagh and further investigation is going on,” said the DCP.