Two injured as truck hits shanty in Greater Noida

Two persons were injured on Sunday night when a truck driver lost balance of the vehicle and allegedly hit a makeshift shanty erected on the footpath in Greater Noida’s Badalpur area

Two persons were injured on Sunday night when a truck driver lost balance of the vehicle and allegedly hit a makeshift shanty erected on the footpath in Greater Noida’s Badalpur area. The victims were sleeping when the incident took place, police said.

The victims were sleeping when the incident took place, police said. (Sourced)

Dinesh Kumar, SHO, Badalpur police station, said that a truck bearing Haryana registration number was going from Ghaziabad to Bulandshahr. “The driver lost balance near Chapraula village around 12.30am. The truck hit the footpath and two persons – Rohtas,50, and Mukesh, 23, -- were injured in the incident,” he said.

A police team reached the spot after getting the information and rushed the victims to a private hospital. Rohtas received head injuries while Mukesh was injured in his legs, the SHO said, adding the duo is out of danger.

“Police have seized the truck and detained the driver, Sanjay. The driver said that the truck’s brakes failed that led to the incident. He was not drunk at the time of incident. We will register a case once we receive a complaint,” he said.