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Two die, five hurt after speeding SUV rams vendor's cart

The deceased have been identified as Ajay, 30, and Shivraj, 35

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Two men were killed and five others were injured when a speeding SUV rammed a vegetable vendor's cart and then smashed into a tree on the roadside in outer Delhi's Baba Haridas Nagar area on Sunday. The impact was so powerful that the vehicle turned turtle and had to be cut into parts to pull out the people inside.

The deceased have been identified as Ajay, 30, and Shivraj, 35. Three of the injured, who were sitting inside the SUV, were identified as Anil, Vivekanand, and Narendra. They were all residents of Jind in Haryana and their families have been informed. Some liquor bottles were also found in the car, hinting at a case of drunken driving. The police, however, said that could be ascertained only after medical examination.

The accident took place around 11pm, when Ajay, who was driving the Nissan Terrano SUV, lost control over the vehicle and rammed a vegetable vendor's cart. The vendor was pushed off the road and was injured critically.

"Locals said the vehicle was in a very high speed and the driver could not stop it. A PCR call was made and the fire services personnel were also roped in to rescue the injured," a senior police officer said.

"All seven were rushed to the Rao Tula Ram Hospital, where Ajay and Shivraj were declared dead on arrival," the police said.

DCP (Outer) MN Tiwari said: "A case of rash driving and causing death due to negligence under relevant sections has been registered at the Baba Haridas Nagar police station and the matter is being looked into."

Risky roads

  • May 14: Four college students died and two were injured after their car fell from the Punjabi Bagh flyover in west Delhi.
     
  • April 29: Two persons, including a woman, fell to their death from a flyover after their motorcycle was hit by a speeding car in south-east Delhi's Sagarpur area.
     
  • January 20: A 65-year-old NRI woman, who had come from Australia to attend a family wedding, was killed in a road accident near AIIMS in south Delhi.
     
  • January 11: A 25-year-old woman was crushed to death under a DTC bus at the Dwarka intersection, after she fell from the vehicle's front door.
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