In a tragic incident, a 45-year-old woman and her 17-year-old daughter died while six other family members were injured after a roadways bus rammed into their car in Greater Noida on Monday morning. Noida police said that the driver of the state passenger bus fled the spot leaving his vehicle behind.
The deceased have been identified as Shrimati Singh and her daughter Neha, both residents of Anupshahr area in Bulandshahr district of Uttar Pradesh. Two of the injured identified as Brijesh (22) and Pradeep (55), both residents of Ahaar area in Bulandshahr, are in a critical condition.
“The woman and her daughter along with six more people were in a Maruti Eeco and travelling from Bulandshahr to Delhi. Around 6 am, their car was hit by a roadways bus on a road in Dadri area," a police spokesperson said.
“The mother and her daughter died in the incident. Six others suffered injuries, two of them critical, and have been hospitalized while others were discharged after first aid. All of them are from the same family," the spokesperson said.
According to the police, the crash took place due to "irresponsible and dangerous" driving by the bus driver. The bus was impounded while the errant driver fled the spot, the police said.
The bodies have been sent for postmortem and further legal proceedings are being carried out in the case, the police added.