A 42-year-old retired Armyman and his cousin, travelling on a bike, were dragged up to 100 metre and crushed to death on road by a speeding truck at Supertech Crossing in Greater Noida on Friday morning.
After the incident, a group of angry villagers reached on the spot and set the truck on fire. Meanwhile, the driver managed to flee the spot.
According to the police, the deceased have been identified as Neeraj Kumar (42) and his cousin Ajipal (26), a resident of Greater Noiad’s Dadari. The incident took place around 9 am when duo was traveling on their bike from their home to transport Nagar in Dadari, the police said.
Police said as they reached near Supertech crossing at Greater Noida, a speeding truck coming from another side crushed them to death hitting on front and dragged them along with bike at least 100 metres.