Date:16/10/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/10/16/stories/2008101661050300.htm

New Delhi

Three killed

NEW DELHI: Three persons, including an eight-year-old girl, were killed in separate road accidents in the Capital during the past 24 hours.

A truck ran over a 22-year-old vegetable vendor, Sandeep Upadhyaya, at Moti Nagar around 7-30 a.m. on Wednesday. The truck driver fled leaving the vehicle behind. The accident took place when Sandeep was going to buy vegetables.

A young man was killed and 18 sustained minor injuries in a collision between a mini-truck and a tanker at Bhikaji Cama Place in R.K. Puram around 3 a.m. The police said they were trying to establish the identity of the deceased.

Yet another accident was reported in West Patel Nagar around 9-45 p.m. on Tuesday when an Army vehicle knocked down eight-year-old Mamta, who was on her way to a temple in the locality.

Angry area residents blocked traffic alleging that the police were trying to protect the driver.