Two on scooters out to have food killed in separate crashes

NEW DELHI: Two men on scooters were killed in separate accidents in the city on Thursday night. Police said that in both cases the men were travelling with pillion riders who have been critically injured.
In the first incident, reported from the Nirankari Colony in north-west Delhi’s Mukherjee Nagar, civil service aspirant Sumit Kumar (20) and his friend Naveen (19) were hit by a vehicle at a T-point late on Thursday night.
They were found lying injured on the road by a PCR team and rushed to the trauma centre in Civil Lines. Sumit was declared dead on arrival, while Naveen was said to be critical.
Police said that the youths were staying in a rented accommodation in Mukherjee Nagar and were from the same village in Sonepat. They were out looking for some midnight snack at the time of the accident.
Police said the vehicle that had hit them could be a hatchback coming from Hakikat Nagar. Efforts are on to identify the vehicle and its driver, though no CCTV footage was available till Friday.
In another incident, a youth was mowed down by a heavy vehicle near the Mangolpuri market in outer Delhi’s Rohini. The victim, Pramod Kumar, owned an electrical goods shop.
Kumar and his friend Ashish were on their way to have dinner on Kumar’s scooter when they met with the accident.
Police said that Kumar was dragged for about 20 metres before the vehicle stopped. The driver then removed Kumar’s body from under the vehicle, dumped it on the road side and fled, police said.
Police have registered cases in both the accidents.