New Delhi: A scooter rider allegedly died after being hit by a speeding Mercedes car in Vasant Vihar area of Delhi, Delhi Police said today. The incident took place on Thursday night. The police have launched a probe into the matter. The car driver fled from the accident site and efforts were on to arrest him.
Police said that they received a call of an accident at 11.45 p.m. on Thursday after which the police team reached the spot. “The deceased has been identified as Antony Joseph who was riding the scooty. He was a domestic help and was killed on the spot,” said Ingit Pratap Singh, Deputy Commissioner o of Police.
The police said that they have identified the accused and efforts were on to arrest him
In an earlier incident that took place around 2 weeks ago, a 22-year-old woman was crushed to death by a truck after she fell off a scooter in east Delhi’s Mayur Vihar area. The victim, Swati, is a resident of Rajbir Colony in Kondli area. The police said that she was returning home from GB Pant Hospital, where her father had died on earlier in the day.
During enquiry, it emerged that the woman, who was travelling with her neighbour, fell off the scooter which hit a speed breaker on Ghazipur nala road near Chilla village, and died after a truck came from behind and ran over her, a senior police officer said.
The truck driver escaped from the spot, he said.