<![CDATA[Two pavement dwellers were killed and two more were seriously injured after a speeding car ran over them in north Delhi on Saturday afternoon. The driver was arrested from the spot. According to eyewitnesses, seven road dwellers were resting on the pavement under the bridge behind Lal Qila around noon when a speeding car hit the left side of the wall before climbing on to the pavement. Rahul aged 22, who suffered minor injuries on his back told that a person was crossing the road and in an attempt to save him, the driver turned left and hit the wall. He added that the car was travelling at a very high speed. Sitaram, who suffered a minor leg injury, told that after the car hit the wall, it jumped on to the pavement and ran over four people. He told that it hit the wall again towards the end of the pavement and then circled towards the extreme right of the road. The police told that the car was driven by 32-year-old Harish, a guest teacher in a government school. A senior police officer told that he claims he lost control while trying to save a man who was crossing the road. We are verifying the claim . He added that the car was not in Harish’s name but in the name of his maternal uncles, Dilbag, a resident of Faridabad. The police said the accused was in possession of his driver’s license and didn’t appear to be drunk at the time of the incident, but “he was sent for medical examination and his blood sample has been preserved”. Police told that Rahul and Sitaram were able to identified one of the victims who died. “One of the two who are dead was called Judwa because he has a twin brother. We don’t know the other one,” they told. Police told that all the victims were rag pickers who had been living on the pavement for over four years. The police have registered a case under Sections 279 (rash driving), 337 (casing hurt by act endangering life), and 304A (causing death by negligence) of the Indian Penal Code.]]>
