Kamal Ghorui
NEW DELHI: A man and his daughter were grievously injured after a speeding car allegedly rammed into them in West Delhi’s Tilak Nagar. CCTV footage of the incident showing the vehicle driving recklessly in a narrow lane and hitting the duo surfaced on social media on Sunday.The incident was reported on April 5, when the 39-year-old man was on his way to the Gurdwara with his daughter around 10.30 am. The duo reached the intersection near a school in Mukherjee Park area when a purple vehicle allegedly approached at high speed, struck his shoulder and sped away.Following the collision, he fell to the ground and his wife rushed him to the hospital.The CCTV footage, which began circulating on social media on Sunday, captures a collision in a narrow residential lane bordered by houses and parked cars. Before the incident, the video shows the typical street flow, with scooters making slow, controlled turns near a bend. The father and daughter are walking together through the passage and are in the process of turning left when a car traveling at a high rate of speed enters the frame and strikes them directly.The force of the collision is immediate. As the car hits them, the father is seen holding his daughter and moving her to the side, away from the vehicle’s path, just as he is thrown across the pavement. The daughter is also knocked to the ground by the momentum. Without slowing down, the vehicle continues forward and speeds away from the scene.In the aftermath, a vegetable vendor stationed nearby and several residents are seen reacting to the impact. They quickly move toward the father and daughter to check on them, while simultaneously gesturing for other incoming vehicles to stop to prevent further accidents in the tight lane.A case was registered under sections 281 (rash driving or riding on a public way) and 125 (act endangering life or personal safety of others) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita at the Tilak Nagar police station.
