‘No one helped’: 6-year-old child dies after e-rickshaw struck by car overturns in West Delhi’s Janakpuri

A six-year-old girl died after the e-rickshaw she was travelling in collided with a car and overturned near the Janakpuri Fire Station, Delhi Police said.

The accident occurred on February 17, 2026, and has once again put the spotlight on road safety and on bystanders’ response in the capital’s residential areas, where traffic moves through narrow stretches, and emergencies can turn fatal within minutes.

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Child declared dead during treatment

According to Delhi Police, a PCR call regarding the incident was received from Mata Chanan Devi Hospital on the morning of February 17. The child was initially taken for treatment but was later declared dead at Max Hospital, Dwarka.

Her postmortem examination was conducted at Deen Dayal Upadhyay (DDU) Hospital.

Police said the victim’s grandmother, Mercy Xavier, who was also injured in the crash, told officers that they were travelling in an e-rickshaw when it collided with a car near the fire station in Janakpuri. The impact caused the e-rickshaw to overturn.

‘She stopped three or four vehicles, but no one stopped’

The girl’s mother, who works at a hospital, said she learnt about the accident through a colleague.

“One of our staff members was going to the same area after her night duty. She told me that in an emergency, a rickshaw overturned, and one lady was asking for help from everyone. She stopped three or four vehicles, but no one stopped. After that, when a girl saw the overturned rickshaw, she and another boy together took the child to the hospital. After that, someone else took our mother to the hospital,” she said on Thursday.

FIR registered, car seized

Following the incident, an FIR was registered. The car involved in the collision has been seized, and the accused driver, identified as Sanjeev, was held and bound over on Wednesday, police said.

Further investigation into the matter is underway.