Six people, including women and students, were killed and three critically injured in a road accident on the National Highway (NH)-24 near Jindal Nagar under Masuri police station in Ghaziabad on Monday, said police officials.
According to police, the incident occurred at 1 pm when a speeding Scorpio rammed into two motorcycles and finally hit another vehicle coming from the opposite direction.
Police said the Scorpio, which was running at a speed of at least 150 kilometer per hour, hit the motorcycles from rear and killed three persons riding on them and jumped the divider hitting another vehicle.
After the incident, the locals came to rescue the passengers and rushed them to nearby local hospitals situated on the NH-24.
The injured were identified as Divyank, Rohit and Deepak while deceased were identified as Titu Singh, Sunita, Bhopal, Shakshi, Mayank and Rohit.
“A case has been registered against the driver of the Scorpio. Police are providing relief to the victims keeping aside legal formalities,” said SP Rural RK Pandey.