New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) Three people, including a six-month-old girl, were killed and five others sustained injuries after a dumper truck collided with an autorickshaw in Delhi’s Sonia Vihar area early on Thursday, officials said.
The accident took place near the 5th Pusta area in Sonia Vihar.
According to officials, information regarding the incident was received at Sonia Vihar police station at 5.09 a.m., following which a police team immediately rushed to the spot.
Upon reaching the site, the police team found that a dumper truck had collided with an auto-rickshaw.
The driver of the truck fled the spot after the accident.
Subsequently, eight injured persons, comprising five males, two females and the six-month-old child, were immediately shifted to JPC Hospital.
Two persons, namely Satbir (approximately 30–32 years) and one unidentified person, and the infant were declared brought dead by the attending doctors.
Parents of the infant, Moni and Satbir, along with Rameshwar Dayal, Raja and his wife Rakhi are undergoing treatment at the hospital.
According to officials, Rakhi, who was six months pregnant, suffered a miscarriage due to the accident.
Following the accident, a forensic team inspected the spot and collected evidence. A case under the relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) was registered at Sonia Vihar Police Station.
Police said teams have been deployed to identify, trace, and apprehend the absconding driver of the dumper truck.
Further investigation into the incident is currently underway.
This comes a day after a similar tragic incident was reported from Bihar’s Darbhanga, where three minor boys were killed, and another was critically injured after an unidentified truck rammed their motorcycle near Bazar Samiti Chowk on NH-27.
The incident took place early on Wednesday.
The four friends were returning home after attending a religious gathering when the accident occurred under the jurisdiction of the Mabbi police station. The truck driver fled the scene after the collision.
The deceased have been identified as Farish, 15, Md. Istakhar, 15, and Altaf Neyaz, 16, all residents of Bakarganj Momin Tola under Laheriasarai police station.
–IANS
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