A reported collision between a dumper truck and an autorickshaw near Pusta Number 5 in Delhi’s Sonia Vihar left three people dead, including a newborn girl, while several others were taken to Jag Pravesh Chandra Hospital, according to Live Hindustan – NCR. However, the supplied report contains conflicting figures about the number of injured people and requires confirmation from the police or hospital authorities.
The crash was reported at about 5.17am, when the dumper and autorickshaw collided near Pusta Number 5. The vehicles were identified in the report as dumper DL1LY 5990 and autorickshaw DL1RAB 5531. Delhi Fire Service personnel were sent to the location after receiving information about the crash.
According to a Delhi Fire Service officer quoted in the report, local residents and a Police Control Room vehicle had already taken seven injured people to Jag Pravesh Chandra Hospital before the fire service team reached the site. Two men and a newborn girl were declared dead at the hospital, while the identities of those who died had not been confirmed in the supplied account.
The report identifies two injured people as Raja, 32, and Rakhi, 30. It also says that two men and one woman had not yet been identified. A three-year-old girl travelling in the autorickshaw was reported to have survived the crash without injury.
The casualty figures are not consistent within the supplied report. Its summary refers to three deaths and five injuries, while a later police account says that eight people were injured and one child was safe. The account also states that police were checking the cause of the collision and confirming the identities of the dead and injured.
The incident highlights the risks faced by passengers and other road users on heavily used urban access routes, particularly where commercial vehicles and autorickshaws share narrow or congested stretches. The supplied report does not establish whether speeding, road conditions, visibility, vehicle fitness or another factor caused the collision.
The report also mentions a separate fatal road crash in Delhi’s Ghazipur area, where a 19-year-old man identified as Rohit was allegedly hit by an unidentified vehicle. Police reportedly kept his body at the Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital mortuary for post-mortem examination, while the driver fled with the vehicle. This incident is separate from the Sonia Vihar collision.
Further publication of the Sonia Vihar casualty figures should await confirmation from Delhi Police, Delhi Fire Service or Jag Pravesh Chandra Hospital. The immediate official steps reported are the investigation into the collision, verification of identities and medical treatment of the injured.
