1 killed as pick-up van overturns near Dadri

Greater Noida: A 40-year-old man was killed and 10 others, including a two-year-old child, were injured as a pick-up van lost balance after a UP roadways bus overtook it near Chithera chowk around 4.30am on Saturday. A total of 14 people were travelling in the van which was heading towards Aligarh from Noida.
While one of the passengers, Krishna, died on the spot, the injured were taken to Dadri community health centre (CHC).

SHO of Dadri police station Ramsen Singh told TOI that the passengers belonged to an Aligarh-based family who were in Noida for work at the Ramlila celebrations held at Bhangel. “They were working on stalls at the Ramlila ground and were returning to Aligarh with their family and equipment. There were 14 passengers, including three women and a two-year-old girl,” said the SHO.

Out of the total injured persons, seven were treated at the Navin Hospital in Dadri. An official of the hospital said that one of the passengers, Dinesh (50), was serious and was hence referred to Bhagwan Mahavir hospital in Delhi. “The others have suffered injuries in different parts of their bodies. They were later discharged from the hospital,” he said.

Meanwhile, the driver of the pick-up van remains absconding and the roadways bus, that overtook the vehicle, could not be identified.

The SHO said that the case will be clear after the driver of the pick-upvan is caught.

In yet another accident, the driver of a truck was killed on the spot after the vehicle overturned near Kalda village in Badalpur on Eastern Peripheral Expressway (EPE) around 6am. The truck was loaded with apples and had a registration number of Jammu and Kashmir.

SHO of Badalpur police station Vijay Kumar said that the truck driver Mohammed Altaf Ghani, who belonged to Kashmir, felt sleepy and could not control the truck.