3 killed as speeding car hits bike, rolls over in east Delhi
NEW DELHI: Two sisters and a food delivery man were killed and at least three others injured after a speeding car rammed a motorbike and crashed into the iron railing of a road divider before flipping over four to five times on Vikas Marg in east Delhi’s Laxmi Nagar early on Sunday, police said.
The two sisters, Jyoti (17) and Bharti (19), were among the seven occupants of the Wagon R car while the food delivery man, whose identity could not be ascertained till late evening, was riding the bike involved in the accident which took place at around 1 am.
Locals in the area said the sisters fell out of the rear windows of the car when the vehicle was flipping over on the road. More than 10ft of the railings on the central verge were broken due to the crash.
The driver, Krishna Rajak, 22, said he lost control of the car after a vehicle hit it. Police, however, said they have not found any CCTV footage that could establish the exact sequence of events. They suspect speeding caused the accident. A mechanical inspection of the car could provide its speed at the time of the crash, police said.
The family in the car was returning to Karkardooma after attending a relative’s wedding anniversary in outer Delhi’s Peeragarhi, when the accident took place on Vikas Marg, close to Walia Nursing Home. The seven family members included a couple, identified as Rajak and his wife Kajal Rajak, 20, and their two-year-old daughter, Anshika.
No cars stopped to help the accident victims, local residents said. This delayed the rescue and required medical attention of the victims, they said.
NEW DELHI: Two sisters and a food delivery agent were killed and at least three others injured after a speeding car rammed a motorbike and crashed into the iron railing of a road divider before flipping over 4-5 times on Vikas Marg in east Delhi’s Laxmi Nagar in the early hours of Sunday, police said.
The two sisters, 17 and 19, were among the seven occupants of the Wagon R car while the delivery agent, identified as Guddu Parsadh, was riding the bike involved in the accident. Local residents said the sisters fell out of the rear windows of the car when the vehicle was flipping over on the road.
More than 10ft of the railings on the central verge were broken due to the crash. The driver, Krishna Rajak (22), claimed he lost control of the car after a vehicle hit it. Police, however, said they have not found any CCTV footage that could establish the exact sequence of events. They suspect speeding caused the accident. The car’s odometer stopped at 140 kmph but that could be a malfunction, according to a relative of Rajak’s.
Rajak, a janitor of a building in Karkardooma, said the car was travelling at around 80 kmph. It belonged to his employer, he said.
The family in the car was returning to Karkardooma after attending a relative’s wedding anniversary in outer Delhi’s Peeragarhi, when the accident took place at 1 am on Vikas Marg, close to Walia Nursing Home. The seven family members included a couple — Rajak and his wife Kajal Rajak (20), and their two-year-old daughter, Anshika. Krishna Rajak sustained minor injuries, and his wife and daughter escaped unhurt.
Those dead were Rajak’s cousins — Jyoti (17) and Bharti (19). His siblings, Rahul Rajak (20) and Kanchan Rajak (18), suffered serious injuries. The bodies of Jyoti and Bharti were taken to Subzi Mandi mortuary, where autopsies will be conducted on Monday. The food delivery man’s body was taken to the mortuary of Guru Teg Bahadur hospital for identification and autopsy, police said.