Physiotherapy student dies in car crash

  • | Sunday | 17th November, 2019

New Delhi: A 19-year-old physiotherapy student died when his speeding car overturned after hitting a kerb and ramming into a water tanker in southeast Delhi in the early hours of Sunday, police said. Ansh Girdhar, a resident of Kalkaji Extension, was returning home when the accident occurred on the Okhla Estate Road, police said, adding that they were informed about it around 3.29 am. According to preliminary investigation, Girdhar was driving his Baleno car at high speed and lost control while trying to save his vehicle from a tree trunk lying on the road. The car hit the pavement and then a water tanker parked on the roadside, following which it overturned, an officer said. The teenager was rushed to the AIIMS where he succumbed to his injuries, DCP (Southeast) Chinmoy Biswal said.

New Delhi: A 19-year-old physiotherapy student died when his speeding car overturned after hitting a kerb and ramming into a water tanker in southeast Delhi in the early hours of Sunday, police said. Ansh Girdhar, a resident of Kalkaji Extension, was returning home when the accident occurred on the Okhla Estate Road, police said, adding that they were informed about it around 3.29 am. According to preliminary investigation, Girdhar was driving his Baleno car at high speed and lost control while trying to save his vehicle from a tree trunk lying on the road. The car hit the pavement and then a water tanker parked on the roadside, following which it overturned, an officer said. The teenager was rushed to the AIIMS where he succumbed to his injuries, DCP (Southeast) Chinmoy Biswal said.

If You Like This Story, Support NYOOOZ

NYOOOZ SUPPORTER

₹ 10 - ₹ 1000

NYOOOZ FRIEND

₹ 2000 - ₹ 5000

Your support to NYOOOZ will help us to continue create and publish news for and from smaller cities, which also need equal voice as much as citizens living in bigger cities have through mainstream media organizations.


Stay updated with all the Delhi Latest News headlines here. For more exclusive & live news updates from all around India, stay connected with NYOOOZ.

Related Articles
Physiotherapy student dies in car crash
  • Sunday | 17th November, 2019
Govt clarifies PM Modi LAC statement: China was trying to erect structures ‘just across the LAC’
  • Saturday | 20th June, 2020
"Why Separate Guidelines For Delhi?" Arvind Kejriwal On 5-Day Mandatory Isolation For COVID-19 Patients
  • Saturday | 20th June, 2020
If Chinese troops didn’t enter India, why were Indian soldiers killed: Chidambaram asks PM Modi
  • Saturday | 20th June, 2020