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26-yr-old killer, another injured in road accident in northeast Delhi

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A 26-year-old man was killed and another injured in a road accident in northeast Delhi’s Sonia Vihar area on Wednesday morning, police said.

The accident was reported around 8 AM at the Sonia Vihar police station. Police rushed to the Zero Pushta locality where two injured persons were found lying near a motorcycle, they said.

Both the injured were immediately shifted to JPC Hospital, where one of them, Ayush Pratap Singh, was declared dead by doctors, police said.

The other injured, Raj Kumar (30), was undergoing treatment, they said.

A case under relevant sections of law was registered, and an investigation was underway to trace and apprehend those responsible, police said.

Meanwhile, official data shows that while Delhi recorded a 2.5 per cent decline in road accident fatalities between January and September 2025 compared to the same period in 2024, the trend reversed towards the end of the year.

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Road accident fatalities rose by 4.2 per cent in 2025, with 1,617 people killed in 1,578 fatal accidents, up from 1,551 deaths in 1,504 fatal accidents in 2024. Injuries also increased by two per cent to 5,314 cases during the year, according to data.

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