The Deputy General Manager (DGM) of Cement Corporation of India (CCI) and three others, including two of his family members, died in a tragic road accident at Yamuna Expressway on Monday morning around 7.30 am, the police said.
The incident took place due to dense fog when their Alto collided into a tractor trolley stationed at 7 km away from the zero point at Greater Noida Yamuna expressway.
Police said that the victims were returning from Patna, Bihar after attending a wedding and were on their way to Ghaziabad.
The deceased have been identified as Manoj Kumar Sinha (58), who was the DGM of CCI with his wife Soni Sinha (50) and mother-in-law Usha Chakemar(73).
The police said that the car was being driven beyond 100 kilometer per hour by his driver Sultan Ahmed (40), a resident of Jamia Nagar, New Delhi. He lost his control over the speed, leading to the collision. The four died on the spot.
The matter was informed to the local police by a passerby. The police PCR vans and Yamuna e-way ambulances reached the spot to conduct rescue operation.
Police said that the impact of the incident was so high that the car was very heavily smashed and all the bodies inside, were entangled. The bodies could be pulled out only after cutting car.
“We have carried out the postmortem of the bodies. The bodies have been handed over to their family members. Further investigations on the incident are on,” said a senior police official.