4 killed in Delhi after container-truck overturns, falls on auto-rickshaw
New Delhi, December 18
Four people were killed after a container-truck overturned and fell on their auto-rickshaw near the IGI stadium in central Delhi on Saturday, police said.
The bodies had been retrieved from the mangled remains of the auto-rickshaw, they said.
Two of the deceased had been identified as Surender Kumar Yadav, a resident of Shastri Park, and his nephew Jai Kishore, police said.
The identity of the others is being ascertained, they said, adding that the truck’s driver and his helper fled the spot after the accident, which was reported by a police patrol team around 6.50 am.
The big truck overturned on the Ring Road in front of Gate 16 of the stadium, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central) Shweta Chauhan said.
People were deployed to cut through the mangled remains of the auto-rickshaw to recover the bodies. These were sent to the LNJP hospital, she said.
The vehicle was loaded with rice and it was going from Sonipat to the Tughlakabad depot, the DCP said, adding that it was over 35 tonnes.
Legal action is being taken and further investigation is under way, police said. PTI
New Delhi, December 18
Four people were killed after a container-truck overturned and fell on their auto-rickshaw near the IGI stadium in central Delhi on Saturday, police said.
The bodies had been retrieved from the mangled remains of the auto-rickshaw, they said.
Two of the deceased had been identified as Surender Kumar Yadav, a resident of Shastri Park, and his nephew Jai Kishore, police said.
The identity of the others is being ascertained, they said, adding that the truck’s driver and his helper fled the spot after the accident, which was reported by a police patrol team around 6.50 am.
The big truck overturned on the Ring Road in front of Gate 16 of the stadium, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central) Shweta Chauhan said.
People were deployed to cut through the mangled remains of the auto-rickshaw to recover the bodies. These were sent to the LNJP hospital, she said.
The vehicle was loaded with rice and it was going from Sonipat to the Tughlakabad depot, the DCP said, adding that it was over 35 tonnes.
Legal action is being taken and further investigation is under way, police said. PTI
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