New Delhi, Rajeev Sharma :- In another case of reckless driving in national capital, a six-year-old girl died and her grandmother injured after the e-rickshaw they were travelling in collided with a car and overturned in west Delhi’s Janakpuri.
The child’s grandmother, 57-year-old Mercy Xavier while recounting the horror said a fast-moving car suddenly slammed into their e-rickshaw. She remembered being thrown onto the road before she could understand what was happening.
“I had boarded the e-rickshaw with my granddaughter, and we were on our way to her school. It was an ordinary morning. Suddenly, a speeding car rammed into our rickshaw with tremendous force. Before I could understand what had happened, I was thrown onto the road,” she said.
“When I opened my eyes, I was lying on the ground. My granddaughter was lying beside me. My hand was soaked in blood. I was in shock and pain, but all I could think about was her,” she added.
She further recalled begging the driver for help and take the child to the hospital.
However, later a nurse came to the rescue and rushed the injured woman and her granddaughter to the facility with the help of another person. The grandmother and the child were first taken to Mata Chanan Devi Hospital and later shifted to a facility in Dwarka, where she later succumbed to her injuries.
Following the fatal collission, a case was registered at the Janakpuri police station under relevant sections pertaining to rash and negligent driving causing death.
