Two persons of a family were killed while 10 others, including three children, were injured in a road accident on Yamuna Expressway in Aligarh district on Thursday night. Police said that the victims met with the accident when they were going towards Noida from Agra in their Innova.
The victims were admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) where two of them succumbed to their injuries while the condition of others is stated to be critical.
According to police, the accident took place around 2 am, 78 km from the zero point on the carriageway, when the tyre of a mini truck, which was travelling from Agra to Delhi, suddenly went bust.
When the helper got off the vehicle to check on the problem, a speeding Innova rammed into the stationary truck from behind.
The impact of the accident was such that Diwakar Giri and Balveer Singh died on the spot while the driver of the mini truck, Durgesh Kumar (26) and others trapped inside the vehicle were injured. Officials of the Expressway had to take the aid of a crane to separate the car from the
mini truck.
Police said that the passengers in the Innova belong to a single family from Noida which runs its business in the city.
“They hail from Bihar but have been residing in Noida for a long time. They were on their way back from Agra when the mishap occurred,” a senior police official said.
The deceased were identified as Diwakar Giri (30) and Balvir (28) while the injured are Anita Giri, Nisha, Durgesh, Amit, Rajsen, Prabhakar, Umesh and
three children.
“We have admitted the victims to a nearby hospital and have sent the bodies for post-mortem. We have also registered a case under appropriate Sections and transferred the same to Aligarh Police as jurisdiction falls in Tappal Police Station in Aligarh district,” said a Police official.