India, April 9 -- A 40-year-old man and his minor son escaped with injuries after their Mercedes E-Class rammed into a footpath, hit a streetlight pole, before crashing into a tree near Botanical Metro Station in a bid to avoid an e-rickshaw coming on the wrong side of the road early Tuesday morning, said officers.

Police identified the injured as Amit Kumar, 40, a resident of Sector 55, Noida.

"On Tuesday around 5.30 am, Amit left home in his Mercedes E-class 250 to drop his 12-year-old son at his school in Sector 46. When he was heading towards the Botanical Garden from Atta Market, an e-rickshaw being driven on the wrong side (from the Botanical Garden side) came in front of his speeding car. To save the e-rickshaw, he steered on his...