Speeding truck ran over people sleeping on a road divider killing four and leaving two injured in New Delhi on Wednesday.
According to reports, the tragic incident occurred in northeast Delhi’s Seemapuri area and two of the victims died on spot.
The Deputy Commissioner of Police (Shahdara) R Sathiyasundaram said, a truck that was crossing the DTC depot traffic signal at 1.51 am and was en route to DLF T-point crushed six people sleeping on a road divider.
The driver was driving rashly and negligently, he informed.
The DCP further said two people died on spot while four others were rushed to GTB Hospital, however out of the four injured one was declared bought dead and another died while receiving treatment.
The deceased have been identified as Kareem, Chotte Khan, Shah Alam, hailing from New Seemapuri and Rahul hailing from Uttar Pradesh’s Sahibabad.
Meanwhile, the injured have been identified as Manish from Uttar Pradesh and Pradeep from Tahirpur.
A case has been lodged in connection to the accident and teams have been formed to trace the truck and its driver.
