Teen Dies Performing Stunts on E-rickshaw

A 15-year-old boy, who was doing stunts on an e-rickshaw for Instagram reels, died after the vehicle toppled in Kapashera on Friday afternoon.

- Hemani Bhandari

NEW DELHI:

Rakesh Singh, the deceased, was rushed to a private hospital two kilometers away from the site of the accident — by his friend, who was shooting the videos of the stunts to upload on social media.

"The police control room received a call at 2.07 pm from a private hospital regarding the admission of a boy who had met with an accident. When we reached the spot, we were informed that Singh had been brought in by his friends and referred to a bigger facility," said a police officer, requesting anonymity. At Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital in west Delhi, Singh was declared dead on arrival.