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The injured children, all between 10-12 age group are being treated, while the bodies have been sent for post-mortem, police said. (Image: Screengrab from X)
The SUV driver Anas (24) and two students — Unesh (12) and Azam (13) — died in the accident that happened at 6: 45 am, Assistant Commissioner of Police Ziauddin Ahmed said
Two minors among three died in a road accident on the Delhi Meerut Expressway on Saturday, police said. Eleven students from Amroha district were on their way to Jamia Millia Islamia University to appear in an entrance exam for admission in class 6 when their car rammed into a stationary truck on the expressway and another truck hit the vehicle from behind, they said.
The SUV driver Anas (24) and two students — Unesh (12) and Azam (13) — died in the accident that happened at 6: 45 am, Assistant Commissioner of Police Ziauddin Ahmed said to the news agency, PTI. The driver of the two trucks fled from the spot, however, the driver of the stationary truck, Saddam was later arrested.
Saddam informed the cops that due a snag he had stopped the truck. Police with the help of automobile engineers will carry out an inspection of the truck and find out if it had developed some issues, reported Times of India. The driver added that before he could check snag, the SUV hit from behind.
The horrific accident was caught on CCTV showing vehicles zooming through the multilane highway when the SUV collided with the truck and spun a couple of times. Then suddenly, the car hit another truck which then turned over.
The injured children, all between 10 and 12 age group are being treated, while the bodies have been sent for post-mortem, police said.
(with inputs from PTI)