Three doctors of the Emergency Medicine department of AIIMS, Delhi, were killed in an accident on the Yamuna Expressway, early on Sunday, near milestone 88 in the Surir police station area of Mathura district. Four others were critically injured, said the Uttar Pradesh police.
The victims are Dr. Harshad Wankhade (34), Dr. Yashpreet Singh (25) and Dr. Hembala (24). The bodies were taken to a government hospital for post-mortem. The injured — Dr. Catherin Halam, Dr. Mahesh Kumar, Dr. Jitender Mourya and Dr. Abhinava Singh — are under treatment.
Deputy Superintendent of Police Vijay Shankar Mishra told The Hindu that the accident occurred around 2.30 a.m. when the group of doctors of AIIMS were headed to Agra to celebrate their senior colleague Dr. Harshad Wankhade’s birthday. “Dr. Harshad was driving the vehicle at the time of incident. The speeding car rammed into the rear of a truck,” the DSP said.
Police sources said the incident occurred when the SUV was trying to overtake the truck. It took almost an hour to take the victims out of the vehicle.
According to the police, Dr. Catherin suffered a head injury, while the rest have fractured limbs.
The victims were later shifted to Delhi AIIMS.
