New Delhi, February 21 A speeding car killed a 25-year-old delivery rider who was working the night shift early Saturday in west Delhi's Tilak Nagar, police said.
Hem Shankar was the sole breadwinner, supporting the family.
The car driver, identified as 27-year-old Mohit Kumar, has been taken into custody, police said.
The police said that around 3:30 am, they received a call about a crash on the Najafgarh-Rajouri Garden Road, near the Subhash Nagar Metro station. At the crash site, they found the mangled remains of an e-scooter and a wrecked Hyundai Verna.
The resident of Raghubir Nagar had already been rushed to Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead, a police officer said.
Preliminary investigation and eyewitness accounts indicated that a car allegedly rammed the scooter from behind.
The accused, a resident of Najafgarh who works as an MCD contractor, was detained at the spot and his vehicle seized, Deputy Commissioner of Police (West) Darade Sharad Bhaskar said.
Hem, known to family members as Rohit, had been working as a delivery rider for nearly four years. He earned around Rs 25,000-Rs 30,000 per month and often worked night shifts to earn an additional Rs 3,000-Rs 4,000, relatives said.
"He was the sole earning member of our family of four," his mother said, breaking down. "I have no one left now. First, my husband died, and now my son too."
She recalled that a friend of his son came to the house bearing the news.
"He kept knocking and said Rohit had been hurt. He didn't tell me that my son had died," she said.
Family members said Hem had recently purchased the electric scooter on loan and was repaying debts taken for family needs.
His brother-in-law alleged the car was speeding and the occupants appeared intoxicated, claims police are verifying.
Relatives also claimed there were multiple pending traffic challans against the accused.
The police said a case has been registered and further investigation is underway.