STUDENT-DRIVEN CAR RUNS OVER HOMELESS, ONE KILLED

New Delhi, April 20: A pavement dweller was killed and three others were injured after being run over by a car allegedly driven by a Class XII student of DPS Mathura Road on Thursday, police said.

The accident took place around 5.45 am in Kashmere Gate area in north Delhi.

The car had three occupants — all Class XII students of Commerce stream of Delhi Public School, Mathura Road, said a senior police officer.

It has emerged during investigation that the driver had turned 18 last month and did not have a driving licence, said deputy commissioner of Police (North) Jatin Narwal, adding that he was driving the car of his friend’s father.

Police said they were investigating whether the owner was aware that the students were out with his vehicle.

If it emerges that he allowed the car to be driven by one without licence, he too would be booked, they said.

The injured, identified as Asif, Karan and Sanjay, were undergoing treatment at a hospital. The deceased is yet to be identified.

They were sleeping on the footpath when the car ran over them.

Two of the car’s occupants who had fled from the spot after the accident later came to the Kashmere Gate police station. — PTI