Delhi: 3 injured as speeding Jaguar hits vehicles, driver held

We have arrested the driver of Jaguar car that was involved in the accident, the police said

The Delhi Police on Sunday said that the driver of a Jaguar car that was involved in an accident in which as many as three people were injured was held after investigations.

The luxury car, which collided with a cab and two other vehicles injuring three people in Delhi, has been arrested, the police said on Sunday, reported the PTI.

According to the PTI, the incident took place early morning when a speeding Jaguar hit the cab, two other vehicles and then a divider before coming to a halt near the Dhaula Kaun area of southwest Delhi, the police said.

"We have arrested the driver of Jaguar vehicle, who has been identified as Saurabh Pahwa (23). He is a third-year BBA student at a college in Rohini. His father is a property dealer," DCP Deputy Commissioner of Police (southwest) Rohit Meena said, adding that further investigations into the matter are underway, as per the PTI.

"A PCR call was received at 4.55 am regarding the accident of three vehicles and three injured individuals. A team, which was sent to the spot, found that the injured had been shifted to some unknown hospitals," DCP Meena had said earlier in the day, the news agency reported on Sunday.

Later, at 8.32 am, the police received information from AIIMS Hospital regarding the cab driver, identified as Harjeet Singh, and two other people, who were travelling in the same cab, he had said. Another senior police officer said that according to an eyewitness, one of the cars was driving on the wrong side, the PTI reported.

"An eyewitness told us that they heard a loud sound while they were asleep. They saw that two cars collided and then one of them collided with two other vehicles and a divider before coming to a halt," the police officer said, adding that they are verifying the eyewitness's claim, as per the news agency report.

According to the police sources, a man and a woman were travelling in the Jaguar car and they suffered minor injuries in the accident but fled the scene immediately after the incident.

The police are trying to find out if more people were injured in the accident and are further investigating the matter, the police said on Sunday.

(with PTI inputs)

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