Overview
- Police say a Santro struck the e‑rickshaw near the Janakpuri Fire Station around 7:40 am on February 17, causing it to overturn and injuring the child and her grandmother.
- The girl, identified as Preshell (Preshelle) Prince, was first taken to Mata Chanan Devi Hospital and later to Max Hospital in Dwarka, where she died; a postmortem was conducted at DDU Hospital.
- An FIR under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita provisions for rash and negligent driving causing death has been registered, the car was seized, and the driver identified as Sanjeev (Sanjeev Dabas) was apprehended and bound down.
- Investigators are recording witness statements and examining CCTV from the area to establish the sequence of events, while the grandmother, Mercy Xavier, remains under treatment.
- The grandmother recounted pleading for help at the scene as bystanders watched, and the case has refocused attention on e‑rickshaw passenger safety and speeding, with separate West Delhi crashes on February 21 also leaving a delivery rider dead and a driver in custody.