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NEW DELHI: A 17-year-old youth was mowed down by a Renault car while crossing a road near Ranjit Singh flyover on Thursday night.

The driver , who was arrested from the spot, claimed that he could not apply the brakes as the youth suddenly “jumped on the road at the mouth of the flyover and tried to cross over”.

Police said that at around 10pm, Rahul Rai was returning home in LNJP Colony after buying some things from a grocery store when the Renault Scala car coming down the Ranjit Singh flyover hit him.

Rai was thrown up in the air from the impact. Rai’s elder brother Manoj, who was standing on the opposite footpath, immediately caught the driver, Pradeep Kumar. Manoj took Rai to the LNJP hospital, forcing Kumar to accompany him.

Doctors declared Rai dead on arrival. Pradeep was then handed over to police. He has been booked for causing death due to negligence and rash and negligent driving. Kumar was produced before a court on Friday and released on bail.

