A 16-year-old boy was killed while six others injured in a collision between a truck and Rural Transport Vehicle (RTV) on Dadri Road in Greater Noida on Wednesday. The deceased, identified as Ravi Kumar, a resident of Yakubpur village, lost his life while others faced grievous injuries and were admitted to nearby Government hospital where their condition was stated to be stable.
A case against both errant drivers has been filed at Dadri police station in this regard. The accused drivers are still at large. According to the police, the accident took place around 7.30 am near Andhpur cut when nearly one dozen passengers were approaching towards Sikandrabad in a Tata Majic and a speeding truck, coming from Sikandrabad and going towards Noida city, collided with the Tata Majic.
The speed of collision was so high that the tempo driver lost his balance and turned turtle resulting in injury to the persons sitting inside.Eyewitnesses said that both vehicles were in full speed that led the accident. “As it was a morning time, both drivers were driving their vehicles in full speed and no one spotted to other. When they came in front of each other, both tried to escape their vehicles desperately resulting accident, said Dinesh, an eyewitness.
“We have registered a case against the occupants of truck and tempo under sections 289, 304A, 337, 338 and 427 and have started tracing them. We have managed to find the number of tempo and will apprehend the driver soon,” said Brajesh Kumar Singh, Superintendent of Police (Rural), Greater Noida.