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Road crash: BMW rams motorcycle near Delhi Cantt; finance ministry official dead, wife injured

Road crash: BMW rams motorcycle near Delhi Cantt; finance ministry official dead, wife injured

BMW hits motorcycle near Delhi Cantt station, an official from the Ministry of Finance died

NEW DELHI: A senior official of the Union finance ministry died and three others, including his wife, were injured after a BMW allegedly rammed into his motorcycle near Delhi Cantonment metro station on Ring Road on Sunday, police said, PTI reported.The deceased was identified as Navjot Singh, deputy secretary in the department of economic affairs and a resident of Hari Nagar. According to police, Singh was riding the motorcycle with his wife on the pillion when the luxury car hit them from behind.Police said they received multiple PCR calls in the afternoon about a traffic jam near metro pillar number 67 on the Dhaula Kuan–Delhi Cantt stretch. On reaching the spot, they found a BMW lying sideways and the motorcycle near the divider. Eyewitnesses told police a woman was driving the car at the time of the crash.Singh and his wife were rushed in a taxi by the car occupants to Nuelife Hospital in GTB Nagar, nearly 17 km from the accident site. Singh later succumbed to his injuries, while his wife is undergoing treatment. The woman driving the BMW and her husband, both Gurugram residents, were also injured and are hospitalised. Their statements are yet to be recorded, police said. “The BMW and the motorcycle involved in the accident have been seized. The crime team and forensic experts examined the spot,” a senior officer said, adding that an FIR is being registered and further investigation is underway.Traffic movement in the area was disrupted for some time but was later restored after the vehicles were removed.

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