Delhi Police Head Constable Wazir Singh, 50, was killed when a speeding car rammed into his police car.
A Delhi Police Head Constable was killed and another injured late last night when a man rammed his car into their patrol vehicle near a college in north Delhi. The accused driver, a young man pursuing his undergraduate studies in Singapore, was drunk and speeding at the time of the accident.
The police have tracked and arrested the man responsible for the accident and identified him as 19-year-old Tushar Gupta, a resident of north Delhi's Model Town area.
Mr Gupta was returning home after meeting a friend when his Honda City rammed into the patrol vehicle near Khalsa College, the police said. He was also injured in the accident.
"One police personnel lost his life and another sustained injuries after a speeding car rammed into their patrol vehicle near Khalsa College late last night. The driver of the vehicle was in an inebriated state. A case has been registered," North Delhi Deputy Commissioner of Police Monika Bhardwaj said.
The accident took place around 2am when Mr Gupta's car crashed into a Prakhar patrol vehicle. According to the Delhi Police, the impact of the collision was such that the police vehicle was thrown 10-15 feet high in the air before it hit the ground and turned turtle.
The accident took place around 2am when Tushar Gupta's car crashed into a Prakhar patrol vehicle.
Delhi Police Head Constable Wazir Singh was trapped in the police car, which was rammed on the passenger side, but the driver, Constable Amit, managed to get out of the mangled vehicle and rush the 50-year-old cop to a hospital with help from passersby. However, Mr Singh succumbed to his injuries at the hospital, the police said.
Constable Amit also sustained injuries and has been discharged from hospital, DCP Bhardwaj said.
Prakhar Patrol Vehicles were recently introduced by the Delhi Police to check street crime.
