An auto-rickshaw driver was killed after his vehicle rammed into a truck and the iron rods protruding from it pierced…
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An auto-rickshaw driver was killed after his vehicle rammed into a truck and the iron rods protruding from it pierced through his body, the police said.
The incident took place on Wednesday at around 4.30 am on Nizamuddin Bridge. The 14-wheel truck was moving ahead of the auto-rickshaw and its tail-lights were not on, they said.
Naresh Kumar (40) could not see the protruding rods and they pierced through the auto-rickshaw and his body, killing him on the spot, the police said.
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Kumar was going towards Noida with a couple of passengers who also suffered minor injuries, they said.
In an another incident, a police personnel and a man, who was detained for roaming around an embassy here, were injured when a car hit their vehicle in Chanakpuri here on Wednesday.
The QRT van was hit by a car with an Uttarkhand number plate, the police said.
The car’s driver Ankush Gupta has been arrested and it is being probed whether he knew the detained men.
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