Ghaziabad: Heavy material loaded on truck hits passengers of passing vehicle, 3 dead

Three people from a family were killed and four others people were injured allegedly after heavy equipment mounted on a loader truck hit passengers seated on the roofof a mini pickup truck late on Tuesday on the Upper Ganga Canal (UGC) Road, near Niwari, Ghaziabad, police officials said on Wednesday

Three people from a family were killed and four others people were injured allegedly after heavy equipment mounted on a loader truck hit passengers seated on the roofof a mini pickup truck late on Tuesday on the Upper Ganga Canal (UGC) Road, near Niwari, Ghaziabad, police officials said on Wednesday. Two people have been arrested in the accident.

The accident took place at around 11.45pm on Tuesday as the pickup truck, carrying at least four women and at least one minor girl, headed to Haridwar from Kahirthal-Tijara district in Rajasthan. (Sakib Ali/HT Photo)

According to police, the accident took place at around 11.45pm on Tuesday as the pickup truck, carrying at least four women and at least one minor girl, headed to Haridwar from Kahirthal-Tijara district in Rajasthan.

Police identified the victims as Sarjit (32), Ratan (30) and Ramesh Kumar (28), residents ofMajiri Gurjar. The details of the injured people was not immediately available. All of them were sitting on the roof the pickup truck.

Police received information about the incident around 12.30am.