8-year-old girl travelling in e-rickshaw crushed to death as it overturns in Northeast Delhi
In his statement to the police, the girl's father has alleged that the incident took place when his wife was dropping their daughter off to school in Shahdara.
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Police said the man, Bahadur, was carrying a heavy load in his e-rickshaw when the handlebar detached. Passersby rushed him to Jag Pravesh Chandra Hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead.An eight-year-old girl was crushed to death in Northeast Delhi’s Maujpur after the e-rickshaw she was travelling in overturned on Wednesday morning.
Police were informed about the incident from Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital, where the girl was declared brought dead by doctors.
In his statement to the police, the girl’s father has alleged that the incident took place when his wife was dropping their daughter off to school in Shahdara.
The driver was allegedly driving rashly and took a sharp turn near Maujpur Chowk when the vehicle overturned, crushing the girl underneath it, said police. “She was immediately taken to GTB Hospital by her mother, where the doctors declared her as brought dead,” said a senior officer.
The e-rickshaw driver is absconding, the officer added. A case under sections 281 (rash driving) and 106 (1) (causing death by negligence) of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita has been registered at Jafrabad police station.
In a similar incident on Thursday afternoon, a 36-year-old e-rickshaw driver was killed in Northeast Delhi’s Welcome area allegedly after his vehicle’s handlebar broke, causing him to fall to the ground.
Police said the man, Bahadur, was carrying a heavy load in his e-rickshaw when the handlebar detached. Passersby rushed him to Jag Pravesh Chandra Hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead.
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