Destiny has something else in store for Akhilesh Sharma (24) who was heading for his home town in Gwalior after successful treatment for hepatitis at a city hospital in Delhi. He, along with three family members, died in an accident on Yamuna Expressway on Wednesday morning. On Tuesday night, Akhilesh was discharged from Sir Ganga Ram Hospital. Three others, also travelling with them, were also critically injured.
The victims, all residents of Sehore district of Madhya Pradesh, met with the accident when their SUV rammed into a stationary bus. The victims were rushed to Kailash Hospital in Greater Noida where four were declared brought dead while three were admitted to Intensive Care Unit (ICU). This is the second major accident on Yamuna Expressway in the last 48 hours. Two people had lost their lives while three sustained severe injuries on Monday this week when a car hit the divider due to over speed.
The incident was reported from Mathura district when seven members of a family —Akhilesh Sharma (24), Awadhesh Sharma (28), Narmada Sharma (62), Rajesh Sharma (32), Manoj Sharma (25), Sheema Sharma (35) and Ashutosh Sharma (20) — were heading for Gwalior in a Bolero jeep from Delhi.
When the vehicle reached in area of Naujhil police station, Manoj, who was driving the vehicle, could not spotted a damaged bus and hit hard it from behind. The impact of the accident was so high that the SUV was smashed to smithereens. All the occupants suffered multiple fractures and were rushed to the hospital where Awadhesh, Narmada, Rajesh and Manoj declared dead while remaining are recuperating.
Police said that Akhilesh, a Government engineer in Madhya Pradesh, was undergoing treatment for hepatitis at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital. He had been discharged from the hospital on Tuesday night and the entire family had come to receive him.
“We have admitted the victims to the hospitals and have sent the bodies for postmortem examination. We have also informed their family members, who are expected to reach late night. We have also transferred the report to Mathura police as jurisdiction fall in Mathura region,” said a senior police official of Greater Noida.