GREATER NOIDA: Three members of a family were killed and two suffered injuries when the car they were travelling in crashed into a parked truck on the Yamuna Expressway on Sunday early morning.
The family was from Uttam Nagar in New Delhi and they were on their way home from Auraiya when the accident happened.The truck was parked on the Agra-Noida carriageway near Zero Point, police said.
Rameshwar Singh, SHO, Beta-2 police station, said five people were in the car and Sonu (21) was behind the wheel.
“Police got information about the accident around 5.10 am from some local people.
A team reached the spot and took all the passengers of the car to Kailash Hospital in Greater Noida.
Three people were declared dead there,” he said, adding that the accident happened around 4.50 am.
The deceased have been identified as Sonu’s father, Pratap Singh (55), his mother, Usha Devi (50), and their relative Satpal Singh (30).
Sonu and his uncle Santosh Kumar (40) are said to be in a serious condition.
The car used to run for an app-based cab aggregator service at times, police said.
“The person driving the car did not see the truck and rammed into it from the rear.
The impact was such that the front portion of the car got completely damaged,” Singh said.
“An FIR has been lodged against the truck driver under sections 338 (causing grievous hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others) and 304A (causing death by negligence) of the Indian Penal Code.
The vehicle has been seized.
We are looking for the truck driver,” Singh added.
In a similar incident on March 20, 2021, four members of a family died after the car they were travelling in was hit by a mini truck on the Yamuna Expressway.
One of the tyres of the truck burst and the vehicle jumped on the divider.
It landed on the other side of the Agra-Noida carriageway and hit the car that was travelling towards Delhi.