A 45-year-old man died after a speeding Thar allegedly hit his bike in West Delhi on the intervening night of October 6 and 7, police said adding that the SUV was seized and efforts are underway to nab the driver, who fled the spot following the accident.
Police said Ashish Sharma, 45, was returning home from work in Shalimar Bagh when a speeding car hit his bike in Delhi’s Dwarka Sector-7. The accused reportedly left the car and fled the scene.
Police said they are scanning CCTV cameras installed near the accident spot. The accident was so severe that the front part of the car was completely damaged and the wind screen on the driver’s side shattered.
The Bajaj Platina bike was seen lying flat on the ground with its front tyre flattened against a fence, suggesting it crashed into the fence.
The police have seized the Thar
Sharma was a fire officer at a private company and worked in different shifts. His body was handed over to the family after a post-mortem at Deendayal Hospital on Tuesday evening.
Last month, a speeding Thar killed five and left one injured after it lost control and crashed into a divider on the National Highway in Gurugram. According to officials, the group of six people – three men and three women – had travelled to Gurugram from Uttar Pradesh for some work.
As the driver of the high-speed SUV lost control, it crashed into a divider. Four people died on the spot, and the remaining two were rushed to a nearby hospital – where one of them died.
