India, May 5 -- A Delhi Traffic Police inspector and a constable helped save the life of a 40-year-old scooter rider who lay critically injured on a north Delhi Road after crashing into a divider late at night, officials said on Monday.

The accident took place on May 2 near the Burari Flyover when Inspector Yashpal Bhati of the Northern Range was returning after duty and spotted the man unconscious on the road with serious head and facial injuries.

Instead of waiting for an ambulance, Bhati and Constable Sahdev immediately stopped, lifted the injured rider into their vehicle and rushed him to the Trauma Centre at Civil Lines, a move doctors later said proved crucial in keeping the victim alive. Hospital staff said the injured man's cond...