High-impact car-bike collision in Delhi's Shakarpur, 2 sisters among three dead
Zee News
The identities of the two deceased were ascertained while the third victim, the motorcycle rider wearing a Zomato T-shirt, is yet to be identified, as per PTI.
New Delhi: Three people, including two sisters, died and two others suffered injuries in a high-impact crash involving a car and a motorcycle that caused the four-wheeler to overturn in east Delhi's Shakarpur area on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday, police said.
Two of the deceased were identified as Jyoti (17) and her elder sister Bharti (19), while the identity of the third victim, the motorcycle rider wearing a Zomato T-shirt, is yet to be ascertained, police said, adding they suspect he was a delivery executive.
After the accident, all seven car occupants -- members of a family from Ghaziabad -- were taken out of the vehicle by the police, they said.
According to police, the car, a WagonR, was allegedly speeding and hit the bike head-on. The impact was such that the car flipped four-five times before crashing. But the sequence of events which led to the accident is yet to be established and CCTV cameras are being scanned to ascertain the cause of the collision, police said.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (East) Priyanka Kashyap said, "On May 1, around 1 am, a PCR call about an accident involving a car and a bike on Vikas Marg was received at Shakarpur police station. A police team immediately reached the spot and found one damaged motorcycle and one WagonR car turned upside down."
