Traffic cops rammed by Tempo, one dead

The incident was reported at 4 am on Thursday at the Bajgera police picket. The two were on duty in Najafgarh’s Bijwasan Road, when they received a message on the wireless about the vehicle carrying cow meat.

“They rushed to Bajgera Picket, where they got behind their patrol van and waited. When they saw the Tempo, they tried to flag it down, but the overspeeding vehicle rammed the PCR van. The two officers were severely injured,” a senior police officer said.

Kumar had received severe head injuries and was unconscious. Singh, who received injuries on his legs, managed to crawl to the van and send a message on the wireless. Two PCR vans arrived and rushed Kumar to Rao Tula Ram Hospital, where he was declared dead on arrival.

Singh has been admitted in the Intensive Care Unit of Safdarjung Hospital. He is a resident of Manglapuri, while Kumar was a resident of Rewadi in Haryana, police said. His family has been informed about the incident and the body has been sent for postmortem. The vehicle has been impounded. Its driver and helper managed to flee after abandoning it. Carcasses of three cows were recovered from the vehicle.

“A case of causing death due to negligence has been registered against the driver. The vehicle’s owner has been traced to a village in Uttar Pradesh. A team has been sent to arrest the driver,” a senior police officer said.

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