Greater Noida: Two youths who were out to play Holi were killed and the condition of the third rider is critical after his motorcycle rammed into a railing and threw him off a flyover. Surajpur Greater Noida area on Friday.
Police said it appeared that the three friends were drunk and the driver was speeding at the time of the accident.
“We got a call from a passerby on Friday around 1.30 pm who informed us about the accident. A team reached the spot and found that three people had fallen from the Dadri railway station flyover,” said Awadhesh Kumar, station house officer of Surajpur police station.
All three were taken to Krish Divine Hospital in Dadri. Vikas Kumar (21) and Maas (22) died in the hospital. Resident 25 year old Dev Singh Salarpur in Noida, shifted to Kailash Hospital in Noida for further treatment. Hospital officials said that his condition was critical.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the three were friends and had gone out to play Holi. They were traveling on a bullet bike and were going at high speed. On the Dadri railway station flyover, his bike first hit the divider and hit the railings on all three sides and fell.
He said that preliminary investigation revealed that all three, employees of different private firms, were intoxicated at the time of the accident.
The SHO said the police had not received an official complaint.
The bodies of Vikas, a resident of Kulesara in Greater Noida and Maas, a resident of Sector 101, Noida, have been handed over to their families. according to Gautam Budh Nagar The traffic police has fined ten people for driving under the influence of alcohol on Holi this year.
In the last five years, around 2,000 people have lost their lives in about 4,600 road accidents in the district. Of these, 798 accidents occurred in 2021, resulting in 368 deaths and around 550 injuries. In 2020, despite fewer vehicles on the road due to pandemic disruptions and a week-long lockdown, GB Nagar saw 745 accidents, killing 380 people and injuring 528 others.
Police said it appeared that the three friends were drunk and the driver was speeding at the time of the accident.
“We got a call from a passerby on Friday around 1.30 pm who informed us about the accident. A team reached the spot and found that three people had fallen from the Dadri railway station flyover,” said Awadhesh Kumar, station house officer of Surajpur police station.
All three were taken to Krish Divine Hospital in Dadri. Vikas Kumar (21) and Maas (22) died in the hospital. Resident 25 year old Dev Singh Salarpur in Noida, shifted to Kailash Hospital in Noida for further treatment. Hospital officials said that his condition was critical.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the three were friends and had gone out to play Holi. They were traveling on a bullet bike and were going at high speed. On the Dadri railway station flyover, his bike first hit the divider and hit the railings on all three sides and fell.
He said that preliminary investigation revealed that all three, employees of different private firms, were intoxicated at the time of the accident.
The SHO said the police had not received an official complaint.
The bodies of Vikas, a resident of Kulesara in Greater Noida and Maas, a resident of Sector 101, Noida, have been handed over to their families. according to Gautam Budh Nagar The traffic police has fined ten people for driving under the influence of alcohol on Holi this year.
In the last five years, around 2,000 people have lost their lives in about 4,600 road accidents in the district. Of these, 798 accidents occurred in 2021, resulting in 368 deaths and around 550 injuries. In 2020, despite fewer vehicles on the road due to pandemic disruptions and a week-long lockdown, GB Nagar saw 745 accidents, killing 380 people and injuring 528 others.