New Delhi, Sept. 19 -- A 55-year-old tea vendor was killed early Thursday when a Delhi Police PCR van allegedly crashed into his stall while he slept beside it in New Delhi's Mandir Marg area. Police said the accident occurred after the van's driver, a constable, mistakenly pressed the accelerator instead of applying the brakes. But locals and eyewitnesses alleged that the two policemen in the vehicle were "heavily intoxicated" at the time. The constable, identified as Kimesh, and an ASI who accompanied him were on duty. Both have been arrested on charges of rash driving and causing death by negligence, besides being suspended from service, senior officers said. The victim, Gangaram Tiwari, was sleeping next to his tea stall, which was set up on a ramp-like structure in a narrow lane that also houses a small temple and a parking area. The speeding PCR van, a white Ertiga PCR, struck the ramp, crushed Tiwari, and came to a halt atop the his tea stall. The impact was so severe that Tiwari died on the spot. Police said the accident occurred around 5am, and the control was alerted at 5.30am. Senior officers said Kimesh might have dozed off and mistakenly stepped on the accelerator while out on a routine van inspection. Locals rushed out of nearby makeshift homes on hearing the loud crash and staged a protest at the lane, accusing the policemen of drink driving. htc...