Teacher riding pillion on bike taxi crushed by truck
A 46-year-old schoolteacher was killed in a fatal collision between a bike taxi and a sand-loaded truck in Rohini, Delhi. The truck driver fled the scene, and police have registered a case under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita while working to locate the suspect.
Why it matters
The incident highlights ongoing concerns regarding road safety and the regulation of bike taxi services in high-traffic urban environments.
A schoolteacher riding pillion on a bike taxi was killed after the two-wheeler collided with a truck on Kanjhawala Road in Rohini on Thursday, the police said.
Priyanka, 46, a resident of Rama Vihar who taught at the MCD school in K-Block, Mangolpuri, was on her way to school when the accident took place.
According to the police officers, they received a PCR call about the accident on Thursday morning. On reaching the spot, they found a truck loaded with sand stationed on the road and the woman dead under its left rear wheel. The truck driver had fled, the police said.
“The body of the deceased was shifted to Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital, where it was preserved in the mortuary after medico-legal formalities,” a senior police officer said.
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