Woman dies after tractor-trolley hits scooter in northeast Delhi

New Delhi: A 21-year-old woman was killed and her father injured after a tractor-trolley allegedly rammed into their scooter in northeast Delhi’s Karawal Nagar area on Wednesday, an official said.

The accident occurred at 4.37 pm between Johripur Nala and Shiv Vihar Tiraha, he said.

Police said they received a call regarding a motor vehicle accident and a team was immediately rushed to the spot. Upon reaching, they found the young woman lying critically injured on the road. She was rushed to a nearby hospital, where she was declared dead.

The police said that preliminary inquiry revealed that the woman and her father were riding a scooter when a tractor-trolley attempted to overtake them on the narrow stretch of the road. The police said the trolley hit the scooter from the side, causing the woman to fall onto the roadway. “She came under the rear tyre of the trolley after falling from the scooter,” the officer said.