22-Year-Old Online Bike Taxi Driver Killed, Passenger Injured In Delhi

New Delhi: A 22-year-old online bike taxi driver was killed and a passenger was injured after ir bike hit a divider in central Delhi, police said on Tuesday. victims were identified as Shahrukh and Vipin (25), police said.

According to police, incident occurred on Sunday around 5 am when Shahrukh, who was working as a driver with an online taxi aggregator, was taking Vipin towards east Delhi.

officer said reason behind accident was suspected to be overspeeding. Both riders were wearing helmets but speed was so high that ir helmets also broke.

nearby CCTV footage has been collected to corroborate sequence of accident, police said.

Vipin is mitted to a hospital where he is recuperating. Shahrukh's body was handed over to his family after post-mortem examination.

"Shahrukh was a native of Uttar Presh's Bulandshahr and in Delhi, he used to live with relatives," officer said.

police said a case under relevant sections has been registered and furr probe is underway.