Video: After Accident, Accused Driver Pulled Out Of Overturned BMW
In another video of the aftermath of the crash in which a finance ministry official was killed in Delhi, passersby can be seen pulling out the woman who was behind the wheel of the BMW which caused the accident.
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Footage from after the crash shows bystanders extracting Gaganpreet Kaur from her overturned BMW X5 that had struck a motorcycle. The collision killed finance ministry deputy secretary Navjot Singh, 52, and seriously injured his wife, Sandeep Kaur. The video depicts three men and a woman pulling the driver from the vehicle, with the damaged motorcycle and Navjot's body visible nearby.
Delhi Police sources indicated the BMW hit a divider before colliding with the motorcycle.
The incident occurred Sunday afternoon near a metro station on the Dhaula Kuan-Delhi Cantonment road. Following the crash, Gaganpreet and her husband Parikshit Makkar transported the victims to a hospital with assistance from a good Samaritan named Gulfam. Instead of choosing a nearby medical facility, they directed Gulfam to drive to NuLife hospital in GTB Nagar, approximately 19 km from the accident scene.
Navnoor, the son of the victims, told NDTV his father might have survived if taken to a closer hospital. "They had gone to the Bangla Sahib Gurdwara when the accident happened. It didn't make sense that they were taken to a hospital so far away. Time is of the essence after an accident," he explained.
The victim's family has alleged attempts to tamper with evidence at the hospital. It was later revealed that Gaganpreet's father is a co-owner of the facility.
Gaganpreet, who received minor injuries herself, was arrested Monday on charges of rash driving, culpable homicide, and destruction of evidence.
Balwant Singh, Navjot's father and retired Indian Air Force official, expressed his devastation: "I cannot believe that my son is no more... Everything is over." He emphasized that his son was a careful driver.
Navjot, who supervised United Nations Development Program work, was due for promotion within six months. "My son was a topper from the beginning. He was to be promoted in six months. He used to ride very carefully. I still lost him," his father lamented.