1 dead, 5 injured as Gramin Sewa vehicle overturns in Sangam Vihar

A 45-year-old man died and five people were injured when a Gramin Sewa vehicle overturned in South Delhi's Sangam Vihar on Sunday evening, police said.

The deceased was identified as Vinod Kumar of Dakshinpuri, they said.

The police said they received information about the accident on the Mehrauli-Badarpur road around 6:30pm.

A senior police officer said the vehicle was coming from Govindpuri at high speed to cross a traffic signal when it overturned. There were eight to 10 people on board, he added.

All the injured were shifted to a nearby city hospital where one of them was declared brought dead, the officer said.

An FIR was registered under relevant laws and the driver, Mohan Singh, who was under the influence of alcohol, arrested, the police said.