BTech student & 2 workers die in hit & runs

Noida: An engineering student and two contractual workers of the Noida Authority died in two hit and run cases in Noida and Greater Noida, hours apart.
In the first accident, Ayush Sharma, a 23-year-old student, was killed after being hit by a red car while crossing a road in Beta 2 area. Four of his friends suffered grievous injuries and are undergoing treatment in hospital.
Ayush’s friends have been identified as Anjali Yadav (22), Isha Shekhawar (23), both from Jaunpur, Vaishnavi (22), who is from Pratapgarh, and Aditya Prasad (24) from Bihar. While Vaishnavi and Aditya live in a rented accommodation in Sector 62, the others stay in Delta 1.
Anil Kumar, the SHO of Beta 2 police station, said while Ayush studied BTech in Galgotias University the others were MBA students. All the five had gone for dinner at a restaurant in Alpha 1. “Around 11.30pm on Saturday, they were returning to Alpha 1,” he said. “CCTV footage of the area shows they were crossing the road when a red car hit them and sped away. All of them suffered grievous injuries. While the number plate and make of the car is not very clear, we are trying to trace it,” the SHO added.
The students were rushed to a private hospital nearby. Ayush died during treatment while the other four injured are undergoing treatment.
Police said the parents of the students had been informed. On the basis of a complaint, an FIR has been registered against the unknown driver under sections 304A (death due to negligence) and 279 (rash driving) of the IPC.
In another accident, a dumper ploughed into two contractual workers of the Noida Authority while they were watering plants along the road near the Chuhudpur underpass around 2pm on Saturday.
“The two were standing behind the water tanker and were watering the plants with a hose. A dumper hurtling down the road hit the two men. Both died before they could be taken to the hospital. The driver left the vehicle and fled the scene. We had seized the dumper and arrested the driver later,” said a senior officer.
A complaint has been filed against the driver under sections 279 (rash driving) and 304A (causing death by negligence) of the IPC. He was produced before a magistrate and remanded in judicial custody. According to traffic police data between January and March this year, 213 accidents took place in which 96 people lost their lives in the city.