New Delhi: Three women members of a family died after their car allegedly rammed into a DTC bus which was halted on a bus stand for passengers to board in outer Delhi's Nangli Poona area on Monday morning, cops said.
The deceased were identified as Jyoti Sharma (27), Nisha (32), and Jamna (62).
Nisha's 18-month-old son and the car driver, Sunil, also a relative of the family, were injured. All belong to Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, they said.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer North) Brijendra Kumar Yadav said that a PCR call was received at 7.04 am at Swaroop Nagar police station regarding an accident on the highway near Nangli Poona.
The police reached the spot and found that an i20 car bearing a number plate of Himachal Pradesh collided with a DTC bus which was standing at the bus stand for boarding passengers.
"All the passengers in the car were found injured and they were shifted to Babu Jagjivan Ram Memorial Hospital, where three females were declared brought dead and the injured driver and child were shifted to Max hospital for treatment. The driver has sustained a head injury," he said.
The husband of deceased Nisha Sharma, identified as Vijay, has reached the hospital, police said, adding further investigation is underway. (with PTI inputs)
