Four killed, two injured in a car crash in north Delhi

Four men were killed and two injured in a car accident early Friday morning in north Delhi.

Four men were killed and two injured in a car accident early Friday morning in north Delhi.

Wreckage of the Ford Ecosport car in which six people were killed on GT Karnal Road in New Delhi.(Ravi Choudhary/Hindustan Times)

The driver of the car reportedly rammed into a heavy vehicle parked on National Highway 1 killing four passengers on the spot.

The accident occurred near Budhpur Village in Alipur around 4:30 am.

The victims were rushed to Babu Jagjivan Ram Hospital but were declared brought dead.

The deceased have been identified as Vivekanand, Amit, Nishant and Vikash. Vivekanand and Amit were residents of Sonia Vihar in east Delhi. Nishant was from Lal Bagh in Loni and Vikash from Ambedkar Nagar in Uttar Pradesh. They were going towards Karnal in an Eco Sport car. The two injured, who were also in the car, are yet to be identified.

Some documents have also been recovered from the car. The police are still trying to know the exact cause of the accident.

“The accident happened around 4:30 in the morning. We rushed to the spot and saw that a high intensity accident has taken place. Prima facie it seems like the car hit a stationary vehicle ahead it. Six people were declared brought dead by the hospital. We are investigating the case,” Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Pankaj Kumar.

(With inputs from ANI)