Five members of a family were killed in a late-night accident on the Yamuna Expressway in Greater Noida after an unidentified vehicle hit the Maruti Eeco van they were travelling in. Three other passengers, all minors, were critically injured and have been hospitalised at Kailash Hospital in Jewar, police said.
The incident took place around 1 am on Saturday. Police are on the lookout for the accused.
The deceased have been identified as Upendra Baitha (38), his brother Bijendra Baitha (36), Bijendra’s wife Kanti Devi (30), their daughter Kuv (12), and Suresh Baitha (45), police said. They lived at JJ Colony Phase 3, in Delhi’s Madanpur Khadar.
“The incident took place on the 25th kilometre from Noida on the Yamuna Expressway. The deceased were originally from Jharkhand’s Palamu district. They were going from Delhi to Jharkhand when they met with the accident. There is no CCTV camera at the spot, so we still know which vehicle hit the car. There are no eyewitnesses so far either. We are trying to gather information through location intelligence,” said a police officer.
DCP (Greater Noida) Saad Miya Khan said, “There were eight people inside the Eeco car — five passengers died while three were injured and undergoing treatment. Further legal action is being taken.”
Police said the children — Suraj (16), Ayush (8) and Aryan (10) — are in critical condition.
Source: The Indian Express
