Man killed as taxi rams into multiple vehicles in Delhi while heading to IGI airport

NEW DELHI: A 55-year-old man died after the taxi he was travelling in rammed into multiple vehicles due to heavy fog at UER-II in Dwarka early Saturday morning, while he was en route to IGI Airport to drop his son.The deceased was identified as Chhaju Singh, a resident of Channuwala village in Punjab. Police said he was travelling to IGI Airport to drop his son, Amandeep Singh, when the accident occurred. Police said a PCR call reporting an accident at UER-II in Jharoda Kalan was received at the Baba Haridas Nagar police station in the early hours of Saturday. On reaching the spot, officers found that multiple vehicles had collided on the stretch from Jharoda towards IGI Airport.Inquiry revealed that a taxi bearing a Punjab registration number, carrying five occupants, including the driver, was the last vehicle in the chain collision. Singh, who was travelling in the taxi, sustained critical injuries and was rushed to Tarak Mehta Hospital, where he was declared brought dead on arrival.Police said the postmortem of the deceased is being conducted and further legal proceedings will be initiated accordingly.