The havoc of high speed was seen on the roads of the capital Delhi on Saturday morning, when a Mercedes car driver hit a young man riding a bicycle. The collision was so severe that the cyclist died on the spot. The accused driver has been arrested by Delhi Police.
The accident took place in the Ashram area of South East Delhi where a speeding Mercedes car hit a cyclist Rajesh on the road. The accused fled from the spot and the cyclist Rajesh died in the accident.
The deceased has been identified as Rajesh who lived in Delhi’s Madanpur Khadar area and was originally from Raebareli in Uttar Pradesh. The deceased was 35 years old and had left home for duty at Jor Bagh at 7:30 am on Saturday. During this, he met with an accident on the Bhogal flyover and died on the spot. Pradeep’s family is in shock after his death. Rajesh has two children and he worked as a gardener in Jor Bagh, Delhi.
After the accident, the police immediately swung into action and registered an FIR in the case. After the incident, the police scanned the CCTV cameras installed around the accident site and started searching for the accused car driver.
After investigation, the police arrested the driver of the Mercedes car. The name of the accused is Pradeep Gautam and the police has seized the car and taken it into custody. According to the information received so far, a businessman had given this Mercedes car to Pradeep Gautam for sale, which he had for two months. Pradeep Gautam fled from the spot after hitting the cyclist.
Source (PTI) (NDTV) (HINDUSTANTIMES)