AGRA: Two residents of Delhi who were heading to Agra on motorbike were killed in a road accident on the
Yamuna Expressway on Monday morning.
The victims were identified as Mukesh Kumar (32) and Ashish Kumar (34), who hailed from Govindpuri and Prahladpur area of the national capital. The duo were found dead near milestone 127 of Baldeo police jurisdiction of Mathura district.
According to police, the accident occurred around 4.30am. "The two were crushed to death and their identities could only be established by the ID cards which were found in their pockets," said station house officer Sooraj Prakash Sharma of Baldeo.
Dinesh Pruthi, uncle of Ashish Kumar said, "The two were heading toward Agra when they were rammed and crushed by an unknown vehicle. Ashish was working in a private firm."
Earlier on July 4, a family from Delhi's Sonia Vihar area, heading toward Agra, met with an accident on the Yamuna Expressway near milestone 146 under Baldeo police jurisdiction in Mathura district. In the accident, a woman and four-year-old boy were killed and three others were injured.
On July 1, four persons including two women and a six-year-old girl were killed in two separate accidents on the expressway in Mathura district. The first accident was reported at around 1.30am, when an SUV carrying five women, five children and a man turned turtle after hitting the divider near milestone 83 under Surir police jurisdiction. Another accident occurred at around 4.20pm on the expressway between milestones 115 and 116 under Mahavan police jurisdiction. In the accident, one person was killed and six were injured.
A recent RTI reply by YEIDA claimed that speeding was a major contributor of accidents on Yamuna Expressway. Out of 4,956 accidents between August 16, 2012 and March 31, 2018, a total of 1,161 accidents were caused by speeding.
File photo of Mukesh Kumar, 32, (left) and Ashish Kumar, 34