Five dead, three children injured in accident on Yamuna Expressway

The incident took place around 1am. “Eight people, including three minors, were travelling towards Jewar in an Eeco van bearing a Delhi registration number when an unidentified vehicle rammed it at the 25-kilometre mark and fled. A police team patrolling the area reached the spot and rushed all passengers to the hospital,” said deputy commissioner of police (Greater Noida) Saad Miya Khan. He added that the accident happened under the jurisdiction of Rabupura police station.

Four of the deceased are aged between 30-40 years, while one was a minor girl aged 12, a police officer aware of the investigation said.

“All passengers were of the same family. They were heading to their home town Husainabad in Jharkhand for a funeral. The deceased have been identified as Upendra Baitha, 38, Bijendra Baitha, 36, Kanti Devi, 30, Kumari Jyoti, 12 and Suresh Kamat Baitha, 45,—all residents of JJ Colony in Madanpur Khadar near Kalindi Kunj in Delhi,” said Sudhir Kumar, station house officer (SHO), Rabupura police station.