One man was killed while another was injured in a vehicle pile-up due to dense fog on Yamuna Expressway on Tuesday morning. The victims, both residents of Etah district, were coming from Etah to Noida when their car hit an overturned canter. The victims were taken to the hospital in Greater Noida where one, Subodh Kumar, succumbed to his injuries while the condition of Quayum Ahmad was stated to be critical.
Jaypee Group official said that the accident took place around 5.45 am when a speeding canter hit the divider on Agra-Greater Noida stretch, around 63 before the zero point in Mathura region. In the mean time a speeding car could not notice the canter and rammed in to it. Three other vehicles also engaged with each other and the occupants suffered minor injuries. The eyewitnesses said that the canter was loaded with food produce.
The rescue team reached and the vehicles were taken out with the help of cranes. The victims, who suffered multiple fractures, were taken to Kailash Hospital in Greater Noida. In another accident, Mamta Sharma (46), a resident of Madhya Pradesh, was killed when an unidentified car 23-kilometre from zero point on Yamuna Expressway early morning.