The truck driver, who rammed into
a bus killing three CRPF women troopers and injuring 18 others, is still absconding, police said today.
The bus carrying Central Reserve Police Force personnel overturned after being hit by a speeding truck yesterday near the National Law College in Dwarka in west Delhi.
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Police said the truck driver has been identified and four teams of Delhi police have gone to Rajasthan looking for him.
Assistant Sub-Inspector Ramkala, 45, Head Constable Seema, 38, and Head Constable Saroj, 40 succumbed to their injuries while the other troopers were admitted to the hospital.
Out of them, 11 have been shifted to AIIMS while six others are recuperating in a private hospital in Dwarka, police said.
"All the CRPF personnel belonged to the 88 battalion of the force. They were going to Dwarka camp to check their duty chart, following which they would have gone for deployment in the New Delhi area," a senior CRPF official said.
The driver of the truck, which bore Rajasthan registration number, managed to flee from the spot. The truck has been impounded and police have registered a case on the complaint of the bus driver at Dwarka North Police Station.