An SUV allegedly knocked down five members of a family, killing a 10-year-old boy and injuring four others, near Sai Baba temple in Sector-41, Noida on the day of Holi.
Two more people were killed in two road accidents on the same day.
Arun Mishra (34), who is a resident of Noida’s phase-II, had gone to the temple along with his wife (Mamta 28) and two children (Ankit, 10 and Amit, 9), and his brother-in-law (Amresh, 24) on Holi.
Police said the accident took place around 12 pm when the family was waiting for a bus to return home near Sector-41 petrol pump.
The SUV driver was chased down by the public and handed over to Noida police.
Police said all of the injured were rushed to Prayag Hospital where Ankit succumbed to his injures while two others are still in Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
The accused was identified as Divam Kapoor, a resident of Sector-47. He is an engineer and works for a web-designing company in Delhi. Divam, however, claimed that he was returning home from Delhi and when he reached at Sector-41, he tried to save a biker and accidentally hit the family members.
Police have lodged an FIR against Divam under various sections of Indian Penal Code and Motor Vehicles Act in Sector-39 police station. Police have also seized SUV and investigating the case.
Station House Officer, Zahir Khan, Sector 39 police station said that the accused was sent for medico-legal test. The reports did not find traces of alcohol in his blood.
In an another road accident, a 55-year-old Ghaziabad’s resident Vishwanath Singh (55) died on Thursday evening when he was crossing the road in front of Fortis Hospital. Police said an unidentified speeding scooter hit him and fled from the spot.
SHO, Phase 3 police station. Pankaj Pant said that a passer by informed the police about the incident. “We rushed on the spot after information and admitted victim to hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. We have scanning CCTV footage of nearby locations to get a clue about the scooter,” Pant said. Doctor said that the victim died because of head injury.
The third accident occurred on Thursday evening at Okhla barrage where a speeding Wagon R allegedly hit a man and fled from the spot. The deceased has been identified as Babulal (50), a resident of slums of Okhla barrage. He was crossing the road when the car, bearing a registration plate of Dl 7S CK 4994, hit him from behind and fled from the spot. Police have registered an FIR against an unknown accused and investigating the case with following car numbers,” said Zahir Khan, station house officer, Sector 39 police station.