Three employees working on a Safe City CCTV installation project were killed and three others injured after a truck collided with a parked crane and an auto-rickshaw in southeast Delhi’s Sarita Vihar early Sunday, according to police cited by Jagran.
The crash took place on Road Number Three in the Sarita Vihar police station area. The truck, travelling from the Noida side, struck the stationary crane and the auto-rickshaw in which the CCTV project workers were present. The vehicle was identified by police as a truck bearing registration number HR 37 AJ 7110.
The deceased were identified as 23-year-old Umesh and 35-year-old Praveen, both residents of Sangam Vihar, and Suraj, the human resources manager of the company involved in the CCTV installation work. The report did not provide Suraj’s age or residential address.
The three injured workers were identified as 20-year-old Akash and 26-year-old Anoop, both from Sangam Vihar, and 40-year-old Khem Singh, a resident of Rohini. Another worker, Sudhir, who was also from Sangam Vihar, escaped unhurt.
The workers were at the location to carry out CCTV installation under the Safe City project when the collision occurred. The project is intended to expand surveillance infrastructure in the city, but the incident has also highlighted the exposure of field workers who carry out installation and maintenance work on roads, often during early hours when visibility and traffic conditions can be critical factors in worksite safety.
According to the report, the truck driver fled the scene after the collision. Police have begun investigating the crash and are examining the circumstances in which the truck hit the parked construction equipment and the auto-rickshaw. The supplied report does not state whether the crane and auto-rickshaw had warning signs, lights or traffic protection around them at the time of the incident.
The crash involved multiple elements of urban road activity: a commercial truck travelling between Noida and Delhi, equipment used for public infrastructure installation, and workers positioned in a stationary auto-rickshaw near the work area. The account does not establish the cause of the collision, whether the truck was speeding, or whether any road-safety violation was recorded.
Police action is expected to focus on identifying and locating the absconding driver, establishing the sequence of impact and determining responsibility for the deaths and injuries. Further details on the investigation and the condition of the injured workers were not available in the supplied report.
