Delhi: 3 dead, one hurt as car collides with cluster bus near Chhawla

The deceased have been identified as Akhil (35), who was driving the Swift car, two brothers Pradeep Singh (32) and Kuldeep Singh (30).

Three men, including two brothers, were killed while another person was critically injured after the car they were travelling in had a head-on collision with a cluster bus in southwest Delhi’s Chhawla on Tuesday night. Police are on the lookout of the bus driver who fled the spot after the accident.

A team was deployed to the accident spot, which found both the Swift car and the cluster bus in a mangled state. (PTI)

The deceased have been identified as Akhil (35), who was driving the Swift car, two brothers Pradeep Singh (32) and Kuldeep Singh (30). The fourth person, identified by his first name Sahil (32), is undergoing treatment at a private hospital. His condition was serious till Wednesday night, said police.

Deputy commissioner of police (Dwarka) Santosh Kumar Meena said the accident took place on Jhatikra Mor near Chhawla police station around 10pm on Monday.

A team was deployed to the accident spot, which found both the Swift car and the cluster bus in a mangled state. They learnt the four men trapped inside the car--three of them rescued by a marshal deployed in another cluster bus and its driver, along with some passersby, while Akhil was brought out by cutting the vehicle with a gas cutter--were injured and rushed to a hospital. Later, the police received a call from Rao Tula Ram hospital about admission of four injured men.

Police said all the four were residents of Najafgarh and were into the business of real estate. On Tuesday evening, they had gone to see a property in Jhatikra and were returning home when the accident took place.

A police officer said the accident took place on a road that did not have a divider. Prima facie, the officer said, it appeared that the car was moving at a high speed and the bus was trying to overtake another vehicle because of which it came on the wrong side of the road.

“It appears that the car driver was trying to avoid a collision by taking a left turn. But since there was not enough space on the left and the bus was coming from the front, he may have lost control of the car and the vehicle ended up ramming into the bus,” said the officer.

DCP Meena said that a case of rash and negligent driving causing death was registered and searches were on to nab the errant driver.