In Tilak Nagar in Delhi on Thursday night, a drunk driver hit and injured as many as 12 people. The accused was arrested immediately by the police, at the accident spot.
At around 9 P.M., the drunk driver, identified as Anup Kumar, rammed into a number of vehicles over a 400 to 500 meter stretch. The incident happened on the road leading to Balmiki Mandir near Block 12 Community Centre.
A senior officer reported, “Among the vehicles he hit were a scooty, a bike, an e-rickshaw, and finally a car. He hit eight vehicles in all.”
The drunk driver’s car finally came to halt when he hit a car near a pole. The crowd gathered around the car and beat up the driver and then called the police.
The police arrived at the spot to find 12 injured people among one being a pedestrian. Deputy Commissioner of Police, Vijay Kumar said, “All of them were rushed to Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital, Tyagi Nursing Home, and Mata Chanan Devi Hospital. They are out of danger.”
The police reported Anup Kumar was returning home to Krishna Park from Hari Nagar.
The police officer said, “A driver by profession, he had dropped some children to a sports complex in Hari Nagar on Thursday evening, after which he went to drink. He was on his way home when the incident happened.”
The police have registered a case under sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) 279 (rash driving) and 337 (causing hurt by endangering life.)
