The wife and son of the member of Juvenile Justice Board of Delhi, B Ramaswami, were killed, while the judge and his daughter were critically injured in a road accident on Yamuna Expressway on Thursday night. Police sources said that the four members of the family had met with the accident when their vehicle rammed into a speeding truck. The victims were immediately admitted to Intensive Care Unit of Kailash Hospital in Greater Noida, where two were declared brought dead while condition of the rest was stated to be critical. Police have registered a case and have arrested the errant truck diver.
Police sources said that the incident took place on Agra-Greater Noida side when Ramaswami, along with his family, was coming from Agra in their Indigo car. Around 48-kilometre before the zero point in Mathura region, his car hit a speeding truck. The impact of the accident was so high that the car turned turtle several times and was damaged completely. Passersby informed the police and a rescue team of Jaypee Group, which is responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of the Yamuna Expressway, and the Noida Police reached the spot and all four — B Ramaswami (40), Kavita (35), Anjali (12) and Arvind (18 months) — were rushed to the hospital, where Kavita and Arvind were declared dead.
As the accident took place under the jurisdiction of Mathura District, the Noida Police registered a case and transferred it to Mathura Police. The errant truck driver, who had fled the spot, was arrested by police in Agra later.“We have sent the bodies for post-mortem. Now they (Mathura Police) will carry outfurther investigation,” said Brajesh Kumar Singh, SP (Rural) of Greater Noida.