Monday, March 19, 2018

3 AIIMS docs die, 4 injured in crash on Yamuna E-way

Arvind.Chauhan@timesgroup.com 19.03.2018

Agra: Three AIIMS doctors, on way to Agra for a birthday bash, were killed in a horrific high-speed crash on the Yamuna Expressway that also left four other doctors injured, early on Sunday.

The doctors’ speeding Toyota Innova rammed into a slower-moving mini-truck near Kaiti village in Mathura district around 2.30am, police said. The MUV dragged the truck for nearly 300m. It took police half an hour to extricate the victims from the mangled vehicle.

Police said all seven occupants of the Innova were resident doctors at AIIMS’ emergency medicine department. Dr Harshad Wankhade, 34, whose birthday they wanted to celebrate, died on the spot. So did Dr Yashpreet Singh, 25, and Dr Himbala, 24.

Two other people were killed on the expressway on Sunday morning when the UP roadways bus they were travelling in fell off the road when its driver dozed off near the Formula One track in Dankaur, Greater Noida.

Police said the MUV smashed into the mini-truck and got stuck to the vehicle, deputy superintendent of police Vijay Shankar Mishra said. Local police said the MUV was trying to overtake the mini-truck.

The truck’s driver abandoned the vehicle and fled the spot.

The injured doctors were identified as Catherine Halam, Mahesh Kumar, Jitender Mourya and Abhinava Singh. They were first taken to a private hospital in Mathura and then to AIIMS’ Trauma Centre in New Delhi.

Dr Wankhade was senior resident doctor, while the others were junior resident doctors (non-academic).

“The group was headed to Agra to see the Taj Mahal and celebrate Wankhade’s birthday. He was at the wheel when the crash occurred. The mini-truck was carrying iron pipes and bars,” DSP Mishra said. 




TRAGIC: The wreckage of an Innova car that collided with a container truck killing three doctors on the Yamuna Expressway on Sunday

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