Two killed, four injured in accident

Two people were killed while four others were seriously injured after a speeding car hit an auto-rickshaw near Garhi Harsaru flyover on the Dwarka Expressway in the wee hours on Wednesday.

The injured are being treated at a civil hospital and an FIR has been registered at Sector 10 A police station.

According to the police, salon operator Mausim, a native of Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh along with his co-workers Arif, Sahil and Rihan went to a shopping mall on MG Road on Tuesday due to the closure of the salon.

Returning late at night, they booked the auto-rickshaw of a young man named Sahil from MG Road. They were travelling via Railway Road towards Sector 89 and Raju, the auto driver’s brother, was also with them.

The incident took place around 4.00am, when they were crossing the Garhi-Harsaru flyover. A speeding car struck the auto, causing it to overturn. The driver fled, leaving his car on the spot.

A police team reached the spot and rushed all the injured to the local civil hospital where auto driver Sahil (27) and Arif (30) were declared dead. The injured Mausim, Rihan, Raju and Sahil are receiving treatment.

A senior police officer said they were examining CCTV footage from the expressway to investigate the accident. Efforts are also underway to identify and arrest the driver. We have seized the car and bodies have been kept at a mortuary for postmortem, the officer added.