In Greater Noida, overloaded truck taking turn flips, 25-year-old helper dies

NOIDA: A truck laden with iron pipes overturned near the Ek Murti Chowk in Greater Noida West, leading to the death of a 25-year-old helper, who was in the truck.
The truck was headed towards Parthala Chowk in Noida around 7am on Monday when the accident happened. The driver of the truck fled the spot, police said on Monday.
Bisrakh SHO Anil Kumar said Shiva, a resident of Khurja in Bulandhshahr, succumbed on the spot.
“It seems the truck, which bore the registration plates from Faridabad, was overloaded with iron pipes and overturned while taking a turn at the roundabout. Police were alerted about the accident around 7am and a team was immediately sent to the spot. They found the 25-year-old man’s body on the spot,” the SHO said.
The driver of the truck had already fled from the spot before the cops reached. “The body was sent for autopsy and later handed over to the family. No complaints have been received in the matter yet,” Kumar added.
The accident, meanwhile, led to a traffic jam in the area. “The overturned truck was towed away using hydraulic cranes and the traffic movement restored,” he said.
Earlier on Sunday, the Bisrakh police station registered an FIR after three people were run over by a speeding car near the Tigri roundabout in Greater Noida West.
An FIR under Indian Penal Code sections 279 (rash driving), 338 (causing grievous hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others) and 337 (causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others) was registered in the case.
“Police traced and arrested the car owner. He was later presented before the magistrate court which granted him a bail,” Kumar added.