Delhi BMW Crash: Victim Taken 22 Km Away as Family Alleges Delay Cost His Life
New details have emerged in Sunday’s BMW crash near Dhaula Kuan, in which a 52-year-old man died after his two-wheeler was hit by a luxury car and he was run over by a bus.
The accident occurred between 1.30 pm and 2 pm when the BMW, allegedly driven by Gagan Preet Makkad, rammed into a couple’s motorcycle before overturning against a divider. The impact threw Navjot Singh and his wife, Sandeep Kaur, off their bike and into the path of a moving bus.
Police said three PCR calls were received, and officers arriving at the scene found the BMW on its side near Metro Pillar No. 67. Makkad and her husband, Parikshit Makkar, then hailed a taxi and transported the injured to a hospital—where Singh later died.
Videos circulating online show the overturned BMW and the injured couple on the road, though their authenticity has not been verified.
Hospital Choice Questioned
The victim’s family has alleged that the couple deliberately took Singh and Kaur to a small private hospital nearly 22 km away, despite requests to go to a nearby facility. “I kept telling the woman in the van to take us to a closer hospital, but she refused,” Kaur said in her FIR statement. “My husband was unconscious and needed immediate treatment. He could have been saved if treated in time.”
A police officer told reporters that the hospital where the victims were taken has links to the accused woman’s father.
Van driver Mohammad Gulfam, who rushed all four injured persons to the facility, confirmed that the couple insisted on going to the Azadpur hospital. “Bystanders were recording videos but not helping. I stopped my loading vehicle and took them, but the woman told me to drive to a hospital far away,” he told PTI.
Legal Action
Makkad, arrested after being discharged from hospital on Monday, faces charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder, rash driving, endangering lives, and obstruction of evidence. The case has triggered outrage over both the handling of the injured and the lack of immediate bystander assistance at the accident site.
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