Five injured in accident: Police arrest woman for drunk driving in Delhi

DCP (west) Vijay Kumar said the accused woman was found to be drunk when she was taken for a medical examination.

By: Express News Service | New Delhi | Updated: July 9, 2018 1:39:16 am

In a head-on collision between two cars, four members of a family and an Uber driver were injured in west Delhi’s Punjabi Bagh in the early hours of Sunday. Police said they have arrested a woman, who was driving the other car.

DCP (west) Vijay Kumar said the accused woman was found to be drunk when she was taken for a medical examination. “She told police that she was returning from a party, and lost control of her car,” said a police officer.

Police said a case under IPC sections 279 and 337 has been registered at Punjabi Bagh police station. Police said the family had booked an Uber and were returning from a wedding in Nangloi when the accident took place. The injured persons were taken to Maharaja Agrasen Hospital and are recuperating, said police.