Two persons died in a road accident on Monday morning after a sports utility vehicle (SUV) collided head on with a car near Pili Nadi under the purview of Shyampur police station. Twelve policemen-ten constables and two sub-inspectors from Saharanpur police line (Uttar Pradesh) - were seriously injured and admitted at the district hospital. The Tavera SUV with policemen on board was going from Haridwar to Najibabad when it rammed into an Alto coming from opposite direction near Chidiapur forest range. Both the cars were badly damaged.
SP city Manikant Mishra said, “Two persons died while the others were admitted at the hospital. The Tavera SUV of Saharanpur police was on Khazana duty.”
The deceased have been identified as Mahendra, resident of Quereshi Mohalla from Amroha, Uttar Pradesh, and Ritesh from Mohalla Batti Amroha. The families of the victims have been intimated and the bodies of the victims have been sent for post mortem examination, added the SP city.
Among the wounded are Ajay Rastogi, Pramod, Raj Singh, Sohanveer, Baburam, Vishal, Amit and Abhimanyu. They have been admitted at the district hospital.