Police said that the deceased has been identified as Vignesh Mahesh. Two of the injured persons are his colleagues Sachin Kumar and Saurabh Roy while the third, Sunil, was the driver of the taxi which was heading towards Chirag Dilli to drop off call centre staff of an office in Noida after their shifts.
According to police, the incident took place at 2 A.M. last night near Nehru Place flyover when the driver of the taxi, while attempting to avoid hitting a pedestrian, lost control over the vehicle and rammed into the parked truck which was loaded with steel beams.
The official said that all the victims were rushed to the AIIMS Trauma Centre where Vignesh was declared dead.
"We have registered a case of death due to negligence against the driver of the taxi and have booked the truck driver for improper parking," the official added.
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