Girl killed, three hurt after auto rams bus from behind in S Delhi’s Sheikh Sarai
A two-year-old girl was killed and three from her family hurt when an auto they were travelling in rammed a city bus in South Delhi’s Sheikh Sarai area on Sunday morning.
Romil Baaniya, DCP (SouthEast), accused the auto driver of driving the three-wheeler rashly, leading to the accident.
The auto driver, who too was hurt in the accident, has been booked even as he is undergoing treatment at AIIMS trauma centre.
The girl killed in the accident has been identified as Poorvi. A native of UP’s Muradabad, she lived with her parents and fiveyear-old sister in South Delhi’s Dakshinpuri.
The family was to attend a relative’s engagement in their hometown on Monday.
They had hired the auto around 6.30 am to reach Anand Vihar railway station from where they were to board a train. But the relatively clear roads in the morning meant the auto driver allegedly rode his vehicle fast and rashly.
As they neared the Sheikh Sarai traffic signal, they auto rammed the rear left side of an orange colour bus that operates under the cluster scheme. Apart from Poorvi, her parents and the auto driver were injured in the accident.
They were all rushed to AIIMS trauma centre where Poorvi died during treatment. The others continue to receive treatment, but are out of danger, said police.
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