Overview

• A white Haryana-registered Ertiga lost control and crashed near Jhanda Chowk on Urban Extension Road-II around 2 AM on August 3 before erupting in flames
• Responding to a PCR call, a Delhi Police team found the driver charred beyond recognition and rescued his co-passenger from the burning vehicle
• The deceased was identified as 40-year-old Vipender and the injured man as Jagbir, both residents of Panipat in Haryana
• Narela Industrial Area police registered an FIR immediately and summoned forensic teams to examine the wreckage and gather evidence
• Investigators are probing both the circumstances of the crash and the cause of the fire as part of efforts to address road-safety challenges on Delhi’s extension roads