Hatchback sandwiched between buses, 2 killed

In a tragic incident, two occupants of car were killed after the car that they were travelling was sandwiched between two buses. The accident took place in North-east Delhi's Nand Nagri area around 11.30 am,  the police said.  

 According to the police, the hatchback car was crushed between a cluster bus that rammed into it from behind and a DTC bus which was moving ahead of it, they added.

 The impact of the accident was such that the car was completely mangled and the doors were jammed.  With the help of locals, the police tried to pull the injured out of the car. It took them approximately 20-25 minutes to take the injured out of the car. The doors and windows of the car were broken using wooden blocks, the police said.

The driver was found lying in the lap of the elderly woman who was injured in the accident as seen in a video that went viral.

The injured were rushed to a nearby hospital where they were declared brought dead, the police said.The deceased were later identified as Lilavati (75) and her grandson Amit Garg (30), who was driving the car.

 The deceased were residents of AGCR enclave in Karkardooma and owned a garment shop in Shahdara's Gandhi Nagar market, the officer said.

 According to the police, the driver of the cluster bus fled the spot soon after the accident. However, the driver of the DTC has been detained.  The police said that passengers on board the two buses  were safe. The bodies have been sent for post-mortem, the officer said.

A First Information Report (FIR) has been registered at Nand Nagri police station on the charges of rash and negligent driving causing death and a hut has been launched to nab the absconding cluster bus driver, a police official said.