New Delhi Mar 19 PTI A 13-year-old boy and his mother were killed and three others injured after a speeding car hit an auto-rickshaw they were travelling in on the Barapullah flyover in southeast Delhi police said on Saturday The driver of the car a college student has been arrested they said The auto-rickshaw driver Wakar Alam 25 a resident Malviya Nagar and the four passengers Janak Janadhan Bhatt 45 his wife Geeta Bhatt 38 and two sons Kartik 18 and Karan 13 residents of Vinod Nagar were injured They were rushed to the AIIMS Trauma Centre Karan was declared brought dead while Geeta who was on ventilator support died during the course of the treatment Janak has been discharged from the hospital after the treatment One of his sons and the auto-rickshaw driver are being treated at the hospital the police said adding they were on their way back home after celebrating Holi at Janaks brothers house After ramming into the auto-rickshaw the car also hit a taxi The accused driver soon fled the spot a senior police officer said The police identified the accused as Mukul Tomar 21 a resident of Noida Sector-78 He was driving rashly from Dwarka here to Noida with his two friends the officer said A case under Section 279 rash driving or riding on a public way and Section 337 causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others of the Indian Penal Code was registered Later IPC Section 304A causing death by negligence was added the police said Mahesh Janaks elder brother said the latter came over to his home in Malviya Nagar on Thursday to celebrate Holi The family of my brother came to Malviya Nagar for Holi celebration On Friday they were heading back home around 8 pm as my elder nephew is a Class-XII student and he had to attend his tuition classes Generally they stay at my place during the festival Mahesh said He said that Janak married Geeta around 22 years ago She was a house wife and Karan was studying in Class V Janak hailed from Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand and was living in Delhi for around 20 years Geetas brothers Manish Bhatt and Sunil Bhatt said they received information regarding the incident around 11 pm They the victim family left from Malviya Nagar at around 8 pm on Friday We tried calling them around 930 pm but they did not pick their phones Around 11 pm my brother-in-law called me and informed about the accident following which we rushed to the hospital Manish said Karan died at the spot and Geeta died in the hospital during the treatment Doctors declared her dead late night My brother-in-law got discharged and elder nephew is still in hospital as he has some issues with his spine We got to know that they all were sitting on the rear seat of the auto-rickshaw and when the accident happened Karan fell out of the vehicle Sunil said PTI NIT NIT CJ CJ

New Delhi Mar 18 PTI A 13-year-old boy was killed and four others were injured after a speeding car hit an autorickshaw on the Barapullah flyover in southeast Delhi on Friday police saidThey said the Sunlight Colony police station received information in the evening regarding a road accident on the Banda Singh Bahadur flyoverDuring the enquiry it came to light that a Tata Nexon car which was being driven in a rash and negligent manner hit an autorickshaw that had four passengers besides the driver a senior police officer saidAutorickshaw driver Wakar Alam 25 a resident of Hauz Rani and the four passengers -- Janak Janadhan Bhatt 45 his wife Geeta Bhatt and two sons Karthik 18 and Karan 13 all residents of East Vinod Nagar -- were injured in the incidentAfter hitting the autorickshaw the car also hit a taxi The offending driver fled the spot the officer saidAll the five injured persons were rushed to the AIIMS Trauma Centre where Karan was declared brought dead and Geeta is on ventilator support The other three are also under treatment police saidThe ownership details of the offending vehicle have been ascertained and a police team has been sent to verify the address Necessary proceedings have been initiated in accordance with law the officer added PTI NIT RC