New Delhi: Five people, including four Delhi University students, were injured and hospitalised after their car crashed in the Shantivan area of Delhi. The group was returning from Gurugram, where they had celebrated a birthday. Preliminary investigations revealed that the driver lost control of the vehicle while trying to change a song on his mobile phone, resulting in the car collision with the side railings and causing significant damage. Legal action is being taken, according to Delhi Police.
#WATCH | 5 people including 4 students of Delhi University suffered injuries and were admitted to hospital after their car met with an accident in the Shantivan area of Delhi. They were returning from Gurugram after celebrating the birthday of one of the injured. Initial… pic.twitter.com/Yjew3mGfk8
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More details are awaited.
In another news, four people died and 14 others sustained injuries when a five-storey building housing a slipper factory and residential accommodation for workers collapsed on Wednesday morning in a congested area in Bapa Nagar in central Delhi, police said. Rescuers faced a tough time as they reached the site after navigating through the very narrow lanes and 18 people were pulled out of the rubble during an eight-hour operation. Police said heavy machines like cranes could not reach the site.
A case under sections 106 (causing death by negligence) and 290 (Negligent conduct with respect to pulling down, repairing or constructing buildings, etc) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) has been registered and further investigation is underway, the police said.
The main cause of the incident is suspected to be the leakage in the building but it has to be further investigated, an officer said.
The MCD, however, said the building had not been found to be under dangerous condition during the pre-monsoon survey. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central) M. Harsha Vashan said that they received information at around 9 am about the incident. "It was found that a five-storey building (ground+four floors) had collapsed and people were trapped in the rubble. An adjacent building also suffered the damage," the officer said.
(With agency inputs)