On Tuesday, a Zimbabwean embassy car crushed the young girl in Vasant Vihar. The police said the girl, identified as one Babli, was begging at the traffic signal with her mother and suddenly came in front of the car when the lights turned green. “The driver could not notice the girl and ran her over,” a police officer said.

The incident took place around 6 pm on Rao Tula Ram crossing, on Outer Ring Road. The driver has been identified as one Yusuf, 35; he reportedly drove the girl to the Indian Spinal Injuries Hospital in Vasant. But doctors there declared her dead.

Vasant Vihar police have booked Yusuf for causing death due to rash and negligent driving. The car was not impounded since it is an embassy vehicle.

Earlier, on Monday night, two youths were killed when a truck hit the motorbike they were riding with a third youth. The incident took place near Andrews Ganj bus stop, on Ring Road, at 10.45 pm. Their family said the trio was headed for Safdarjung Hospital when the incident took place at in South Delhi.

The truck driver sped off, the police said. Harish Kumar, 25, and Sunil, 24, were declared dead when a PCR van took them to the AIIMS Trauma Centre; Harish’s younger brother Harit is still admitted with injuries on his head and stomach.

Their mother Sheila said, “Harit had left home in the evening to visit a friend and had a freak injury; they were taking him to the hospital.” All three lived in A-block, Sunlight Colony. Harish was a computer operator in MTNL; brother Harit is a ward boy at Safdarjung Hospital. Sunil was an electrician.