Ghaziabad: Car falls into canal, two die

GHAZIABAD: A 58-year-old man and his son were killed after their speeding WagonR skidded off the road and plunged into the Ganga canal in Ghaziabad’s Masuri area on Saturday morning. The man’s wife who was also in the car sustained critical injuries in the accident, and is currently recuperating at a hospital.
The accident occurred around 10.30am when the family of three from Vijay Nagar — Baburam, his wife Bari Devi (55), and their son, Amit (35) — was going to Muradnagar for a routine health checkup at a hospital. Police suspect Amit, who was on the wheel, lost control over the speeding vehicle, leading to the accident.
“There was no protective railing where the car fell into the canal. But a rescue operation was launched within minutes by cops from the local post after locals alerted us. Two cops — Narendra Singh and Arvind Chaudhary — jumped into the canal and soon pulled the three out of the canal,” Masuri SHO Umesh Pawar said.
The three were rushed to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared the father and the son brought dead. “Bari Devi sustained serious injuries in the accident, but she is said to be more or less out of danger. She is being treated at the same hospital,” the SHO said, adding the bodies have been sent for autopsy.
“We will also write a letter to the authorities concerned to set up an iron railing at the spot, to prevent accidents in future,” Pawar said. Amit’s cousin Sanjay Yadav said the family had an appointment with a doctor at the Muradnagar hospital around 11am.