Two traffic policemen hit by speeding car, severely injured

Two on-duty traffic policemen were today hit by a speeding car driven by a man allegedly in an inebriated state near Tihar Jail, police said.
The victims have been identified as Sub-Inspector Sri Ram and head constable Ranbir Singh.
The incident was reported around 12.30 PM when the two victims were deployed near an intersection in Jail Road to prosecute traffic violators and tracked a WagonR car that was moving around five times higher than the permissible limit at that stretch, said a senior police official.
When the driver, identified as one Prashant Kumar, saw the officials trying to flag him down, he allegedly speeded up trying to race ahead. He allegedly knocked down the officials before they could move out of his way, said the official.

Kumar, who is a resident of Ganesh Nagar, was stopped by other police officials present near the spot. He was returning from night shift at a BPO in Gurgaon, said a police official.
Kumar has been booked for attempt to murder apart from section 279 (rash driving) of IPC and he was arrested immediately, said the official.

Both the injured police officials were rushed to the hospital and 54-year-old Sri Ram's condition is still reported to be critical, said the official.
The sub-inspector suffered from multiple fractures and has undergone a series of surgeries in the next 24 hours. A deep wound in the skull has worsened his condition by causing clotting of blood in his brain, said the official.

However, constable Singh is reported to be out of danger, the official added.