India, Oct. 5 -- A man died on Saturday after his motorcycle was hit by a fire brigade van which was en route to rescue a former local BJP leader who drowned in the Yamuna River in northeast Delhi, police said.
The motorcyclist has been identified as Rohit Pal (18), from 5th Pushta, Sonia Vihar. He was rushed to the Jag Pravesh Chandra Hospital, where doctors declared him dead, a senior police officer said.
A fire tender was dispatched around 7.20 am after authorities received information that 50-year-old Kuldeep Nainwal, a resident of West Karawal Nagar and a former BJP mandal president, had drowned in the river.
"Kuldeep had gone to the Yamuna river near Thokar No 7, Burari, along with friends Jaidutt Sharma (50) and Ran Bahadur Yadav ...