New Delhi: A 27-year-old businessman was killed after his car collided with another vehicle that abruptly came from the left in west Delhi’s Kirti Nagar. Vansh Jolly lost control of the vehicle, which rammed the central verge. The impact was such that the car got dragged for several metres and Jolly’s head got severed.
Jolly was driving home in Mansarovar Garden from Connaught Place in his mother’s Hyundai Elantra on Wednesday.He was about to reach home when the other car, a Toyota Etios being driven by one Rajesh Arora, hit his car around 5.50pm in front of Royal Imperial Studio, which lies on the road connecting Bihari Chowk and BCD Chowk in Kirti Nagar.
The incident was captured on CCTV cameras, which showed that Jolly’s car somersaulted into the median barricade and crashed. The car’s airbags failed to deploy and Jolly died on the spot. Police suspect that the window on the driver’s side was open and Jolly’s head came out of it and got severed as the car got dragged.
A police team found Jolly dead in the driver’s seat. Nandini Jolly, his mother, said, “My son was returning from work after meeting a few friends. I got a call from the cops who asked me to come to the police station. I did not know what happened until I reached there. I have lost my life now.” Jolly’s uncle, Dharmender Arora, said, “He was a young and smart boy.”
Arora, who was injured in the accident, was returning home from his factory and was accompanied by his wife. “We are waiting for the FSL report to ascertain the reason behind the incident,” an officer said.
An FIR was registered at the Kirti Nagar police station under sections 279 (negligent driving endangering human life) and 304A (causing death by negligence) of the Indian Penal Code.
Jolly was driving home in Mansarovar Garden from Connaught Place in his mother’s Hyundai Elantra on Wednesday.He was about to reach home when the other car, a Toyota Etios being driven by one Rajesh Arora, hit his car around 5.50pm in front of Royal Imperial Studio, which lies on the road connecting Bihari Chowk and BCD Chowk in Kirti Nagar.
The incident was captured on CCTV cameras, which showed that Jolly’s car somersaulted into the median barricade and crashed. The car’s airbags failed to deploy and Jolly died on the spot. Police suspect that the window on the driver’s side was open and Jolly’s head came out of it and got severed as the car got dragged.
A police team found Jolly dead in the driver’s seat. Nandini Jolly, his mother, said, “My son was returning from work after meeting a few friends. I got a call from the cops who asked me to come to the police station. I did not know what happened until I reached there. I have lost my life now.” Jolly’s uncle, Dharmender Arora, said, “He was a young and smart boy.”
Arora, who was injured in the accident, was returning home from his factory and was accompanied by his wife. “We are waiting for the FSL report to ascertain the reason behind the incident,” an officer said.
An FIR was registered at the Kirti Nagar police station under sections 279 (negligent driving endangering human life) and 304A (causing death by negligence) of the Indian Penal Code.