February: A month of grave accidents in Delhi
February 28th, 2012 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) With a head constable of Delhi Police killed when a speeding car hit his motorbike past midnight Tuesday, just a day after two people died in a car crash, Delhi has witnessed a spate of grave accidents in February.
Here are some major accidents that took place in the month:
Feb 28, 2012: Delhi Police head constable Abhay Narayan Rai, 45, killed after his motorbike was hit by an unidentified, speeding vehicle around 12.55 a.m. Tuesday near Azad Ground, National Victor Public School in east Delhi’s Madhu Vihar.
Feb 27, 2012: Two people, including the half-sister of Bollywood actor Fardeen Khan, were killed in a collision of two cars in south Delhi. Sonia Sethia, wife of business tycoon Rajinder Sethia, was returning to her New Friends Colony home from dinner at a friend’s home in Gulmohar Park, when a Swift Dzire being driven at very high speed by Mohan Kumar, a technical officer at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) rammed into Sethia’s Honda City car on August Kranti Marg. Sethia and Kumar died.
Feb 19, 2012: A young south Delhi realtor, Anukool Rishi died when his over-speeding Lamborghini sportscar lost control and hit cyclist Kishan as it crashed into a bus-stop railing in south Delhi. Kishan may be paralysed for life, say doctors.
Feb 17, 2012: A 28-year-old Afghan, Qasim was charred to death when the car he was driving caught fire after smashing into a road divider on the Rao Tula Ram (RTR) flyover at great speed.
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- Lamborghini crash: Injured man could be paralysed for life (Lead) - Feb 20, 2012
- Lamborghini crash: Injured cyclist paralysed (Second Lead) - Feb 20, 2012
- Delhi Police constable killed in road accident (Lead) - Feb 28, 2012
- Fardeen Khan's sister killed in south Delhi car crash (Lead) - Feb 28, 2012
- 1 dead, in sports car crash in Delhi - Feb 19, 2012
- Sports car driver killed in crash (Second Lead) - Feb 19, 2012
- Rash driving again: Two killed in Delhi, one held (Second Lead) - Feb 20, 2012
- Three killed in road accidents - Feb 06, 2012
- 1 dead in sports car crash in Delhi (lead) - Feb 19, 2012
- Less road accidents at night in Delhi: Police - Apr 18, 2012
- Car hits police van, three hurt - Jan 01, 2012
- Delhi police constable dies in road accident - Feb 28, 2012
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