New Delhi: A 37-year-old security guard died after sustaining injuries in a motorcycle accident Saturday in southwest Delhi’s Delhi Cantt. After the accident, the victim called his brother, who then took him to Lady Hardinge Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.
The deceased was identified as Praveen Jagdish, who was travelling from Gurgaon towards Dhaula Kuan when the incident occurred around 5.30am.
The victim was conscious at the time of admission to the hospital but died during treatment, police said. A postmortem was conducted by hospital authorities, following which the body was handed over to the deceased’s family to conduct the last rites. Police recovered the deceased’s motorcycle from the accident site. A case has been registered under sections relating to rash driving on a public way and causing death by negligence under BNS. Police analysed CCTV footage from the surrounding area; however, they found no footage of the accident. Further investigation is in progress to find all those involved in the incident.