27 July,2010 08:41 AM IST | | Atul Krishan
Two more hit by luxury sedan die in a city hospital
The toll in the Sunday night car crash at a construction site at Safdarjung flyover in south Delhi went up to four on Monday when two more people succumbed to their injuries in a city hospital.
Speed kills: The damaged Honda City car that killed four labourers late
on Sunday night.
The speeding Honda City, driven by an MBBS student, hit the labourers in the early hours on Sunday. The car first rammed into a barricade then ran over eight labourers killing two of them on the spot and collided with a stationary tractor before coming to a halt.
While one of the injured died at AIIMS, the other succumbed to his wounds at the nearby Safdarjung hospital.
A police officer said no one has been arrested so far while an FIR has been registered at Lodhi Colony police station.u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0
"The car is registered in the name of a company, New Copper Metal Work, situated in south Delhi. One Shahid, a native of Alwar in Rajasthan, is said to be the errant driver who rammed into a barricade and crushed the labourers who were working at the site," said a senior police officer.
The officer also stated that Shahid and his friends Shahzad, 18 and Alam Khan, 23, were on their way home after attending a party at the house of Alam in Aula village in Mehrauli when the mishap occurred.
"Shahid fled from the crime spot after he crushed eight labourers. His friends Shahzad and Alam Khan were detained by the police. They were taken to AIIMS for medical check-up and were set free after the examination. Shahid is still on the run. Two bottles of alcohol were found from the car," said the police.
The official said Shahid is pursuing MBBS from Ukraine and a manhunt has been launched to nab him. The deceased have been identified as Vikas (25), Lal Babu (26), Abhinandan (14) and Joginder (21).u00a0
The labourers were repairing a part of the road leading to India Gate from INA market when the speeding car which was being driven reportedly at a speed of 130 kmph crushed them.
"The impact of the collision was so high that it dragged the tractor to 15 metres after crushing the labourers. Shahid got off after the incident and fled the scene abandoning the vehicle while his friends were caught," stated the police officer.
| Be cautious |
| Rohit Baluja, President, Institute of Road traffic Education said wherever the road construction work is being carried out, government as well as the contractor should take remedial steps to avoid recurrence of such incidents. "Traffic should be either stopped in that area or diverted in such a way that neither the traffic jeopardize the life of worker as well as the commuter. In the vicinity of the area there should be proper signages to warn the road users," he said. |
