New Delhi: A 46-year-old woman working as a govt contractual employee was killed and another man injured after an e-rickshaw collided with an electric car in northwest Delhi’s Model Town on Monday evening.A woman has been arrested. Police said a PCR call about the accident near the Satyawati Cut on GTK Road came to Model Town police station around 7 pm.Police teams found a mangled e-rickshaw and a damaged electric car, indicating a powerful collision near the T-point close to the Satyawati flyover.The victim, Kiran Devi, who worked in the ration card office in Gurmandi, was in the e-rickshaw. She was rushed to a hospital, where doctors declared her brought dead. Police said the impact of the crash flung her to the road, after which the car ran over her, causing her fatal injuries.“The woman is survived by two sons, aged 17 and 15 years, and also a daughter, who is older. She was on her way back to her Shakarpur home. Kiran would usually take a bus from Azadpur,” a senior police officer said. “She lived separately from her husband and was supporting her household.”The e-rickshaw driver, identified as Puran Mal, suffered injuries. He was taken to Deep Chand Bandhu Hospital, where he was treated and discharged.A preliminary investigation suggests that the car, driven by a 35-year-old homemaker, Anjali Arora, allegedly rammed into the e-rickshaw at a high speed. The force of the collision left the e-rickshaw severely damaged. Police sources said that Arora has been arrested and the vehicle seized.A case has been registered at Model Town police station under sections 281 (rash driving on a public way), 125 (act endangering life or personal safety of others), and 106 (causing death by negligence) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).Police said they are examining CCTV footage and questioning witnesses to ascertain the sequence of events that led to the crash.In Feb, a six-year-old girl was killed and her grandmother injured after their e-rickshaw collided with a car and overturned in west Delhi’s Janakpuri.
