Man from Punjab killed in multi-vehicle collision enroute to IGI Airport

A 55-year-old man died after the taxi he was travelling in got involved in a multi-vehicle collision due to dense fog on the Urban Extension Road-II in Delhi’s Dwarka early on Saturday, the police said.

The deceased was heading to the Indira Gandhi International Airport to see off his son when the accident took place, they said.

The police identified the deceased as Chhaju Singh, a resident of Channuwala village in Punjab.

According to the police, a PCR call received at Baba Haridas Nagar police station early morning informed them about a road accident on Urban Extension Road-II near Jharoda Kalan. A police team rushed to the spot and found that several vehicles had collided on the stretch from Jharoda towards IGI Airport, apparently due to poor visibility caused by heavy fog.

During inquiry, it emerged that a taxi bearing a Punjab registration number and carrying five persons, including the driver, was the last in the chain of collisions. Singh suffered grievous injuries in the crash. He was immediately shifted to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared him dead on arrival, police said. Other occupants of the vehicle sustained injuries and were provided medical assistance, though their condition was stated to be stable, officials added.

Police said the body has been sent for post-mortem examination and further legal proceedings are under way. The exact sequence of the collision is being ascertained.