"Was Testing Speed" Says Driver Of Speeding BMW That Killed Two Children, Injured Eight In Delhi
The owner of a BMW car that was involved in an accident that took the lives of two children in Delhi has reportedly told the police that he had lost control of the vehicle while testing speed.
Sahil Narang, a resident of Nirman Vihar in Delhi was arrested on Thursday, a week after the accident.
Wagon R flips over due to collision
On June 10, a speeding BMW luxury car had rammed into a Wagon R which then flipped over and crashed into people sleeping on the footpath under the Lodhi Road flyover.
Some people sleeping there and the occupant of Wagon R got injured in the incident.
Yatin Kishore Sharma, the driver of Wagon R car, told police that around 4.30 am while they were coming from Samrat Hotel and going towards Surya Hotel via Lodhi Road, one black colour car driven in a rash and negligent way hit their vehicle due to which their car flipped over and landed on the persons sleeping on the footpath under the flyover.
Eight injured, two dead
The injured were shifted to the AIIMS trauma centre where six-year-old Roshini and her 10-year-old brother Amir were declared brought dead.
Eight others were injured, some of them seriously.
According to the police the BMW which caused the accident had fled the scene before they reached the spot.
How police nabbed the accused?
Initially, the police struggled to make any headway in the investigation as the accident took place in the dark and the CCTV cameras were not working.
However, police spotted the offending vehicle in another surveillance camera, as the BMW was turning towards Neela Gumbad, Nizamuddin.?
Later, the number of the car was identified, which was found registered in the name of a person residing in Krishna Nagar.
Police raided the residence of the owner, who said he had given his car to his nephew Narang to get it serviced at a workshop in Noida Sector 63. Thereafter, Narang was arrested from his residence in Nirman Vihar and the car has been recovered.
Narang runs a garment manufacturing business in Noida reportedly told the police that he, along with his uncle, was coming from the airport and he was driving the car.?
"The vehicle was newly purchased and he was testing its speed and control. During this, he met with the accident," Deputy Commissioner of Police (southeast) Esha Pandey told PTI.
(With agency inputs)
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