A speeding dumper hit an Audi car in Rohini sector 15 on Tuesday night.

Three people died in an accident after a dumper overturned on their car in New Delhi's Rohini on Tuesday night, the police said.

The incident happened near ESI Hospital on KN Katju Marg in Rohini's sector 15.

Four members of a family, including a three-year-old child, were returning from a function in an Audi car when a dumper laden with sand, while taking a U-turn, overturned on their vehicle.

A passer-by informed the police around 1 am about the accident.

The dead have been identified as Sumit, 29, his mother Ritu, 59, wife Ruchi, 27. His three-year-old son is critically injured and undergoing treatment.

A case has been registered, the police said. "The driver of the dumper managed to flee from the spot. A hunt is on to nab him," Deputy Commissioner of Police SD Mishra told news agency IANS.