A traffic head constable was today criticially injured after being hit by a car, allegedly driven by a teenaged law student, in east Delhi's Geeta Colony area, police said.
The incident occurred at around 1.30 PM when head constable Yogendra, deployed with a traffic police interceptor, tried to stop the speeding car on Pushta road near Shamshan ghat area, a senior police official said.
The driver of the car, identified as 18-year-old law student Nikhil Kumar, instead of stopping the car hit the constable, flinging him away.
The injured constable was rushed to LNJP hospital from where he was shifted to a private hospital for treatment of his critical injuries, the officer said.
The car driver was detained by the police and sent for medical examination. The accused will turn 19 on May 22 this year, said the officer.
Nikhil lives in Geeta Colony and is pursuing a Law course from an institute in Sahibabad, they said.
Last month, a 32-year-old marketing executive Siddharth Sharma was killed while trying to cross a road in central Delhi's Civil Lines area when he was hit by a Mercedes driven by a juvenile.
