βWith heavy rains pounding the national capital region on Monday, several parts of Delhi and Grugram were left inundated, causing freak accidents. In one such incident, a policeman who was driving his car when it was engulfed by a pit after the road below him collapsed.Β
π¦©The incident occurred inΒ the city's Dwarka area where a section of the road collapsed following overnight rain. The police officer in question, Constable Ashwani, managed to escape the car unscathed. The car, a white SUV which fell bonnet first into the sinkhole, was pulled out of the pit using a crane.Β
κ¦The incident is the second such instance of a car getting swallowed up by a sinkhole in India in this year. Last month, a car parked in a residential car park was swallowed whole by a sinkhole that opened up after the ground beneath it collapsed. Later reports suggested the presence of a well underneath the parking lot which had been improperly covered up.
π¨The incident is Delhi is one among several freak accidents that occurred in the national capital region, which reported severe waterlogging from several parts following incessant rains.Β
On Monday,Β κ©΅a person was reported to have drowned in a waterlogged rail underpass in Pul Prahladpur while clicking selfies, officials said. The victim was identified as 27-year-old Ravi Chautala, who had initially gone to the underpass to film it during the rains and he drowned while trying to click selfies, locals informed the police.
π Monsoon showers caused waterlogging on several road stretches including ITO, Ring Road and Mathura Road, with the traffic being halted at these areas for hours at end.Β
