In pics: Auto crushed in Noida road accident, 2 dead, 4 injured

Two people died in a road accident on Thursday morning when an auto was sandwiched between two school buses in sector 44, Noida.

Two persons, including a woman IT employee, died in an accident at Sector 44 area on Thursday. The incident occurred at about 8 am when the deceased, Pragya Singh, 22, was travelling in an autorickshaw with her colleague Navita Verma, 24. The deceased was an employee of HCL. Police said she had boarded the autorickshaw from her rented accommodation at Sector 51 to reach the HCL’s office at Sector 126. The deceased hailed from Patna where his father, Shailendra Pratap Singh is an advocate at the Patna High Court.

An auto was crushed between two buses in an accident in sector 44 in Noida on Thursday. (Sunil Ghosh/HT Photo)

“The accident occurred near Sector 44 police post when the school bus suddenly applied brakes, causing the auto-rickshaw to also break abruptly. However, a speeding private school bus, coming from behind, was unable to stop in time and rammed in to the auto ahead. The three-wheeler was crushed between the two buses,” said Zahir Khan, station house officer (SHO), Sector 39 police station.

Autorickshaw driver Vinod Kumar, 40, and Pragya died on the spot. Navita was critically injured. She was rushed to the Kailash hospital and is undergoing treatment at the intensive care unit (ICU). The bus that caused the accident was ferrying students of Amity International School. Driver of the bus fled from the spot after the incident. The school administration, however, maintained that the bus was hired by the parents and not by the school.

A number of HCL employees visited the hospital. However, they refused to comment on the issue.

Navita hails from Allahabad and was staying with Pragya at a rented accommodation

Three children of the Marigold Public School, who were sitting on the rear seat of the bus, were also injured in the accident. However, they were discharged after the primary treatment.

“I received a call about the accident when I was getting ready for the office. My son, who is a student of class 2 at the school was sitting in the bus. I rushed to the spot and took him to the hospital. The school bus had the basic first aid kit and they had done the primary treatment on the spot,” said Arvind Kumar, parent of a student who was injured in the accident.

“Driver of the private school bus, Manoj Kumar, 35, which caused the accident, is absconding. We have called the owner of the bus for investigation. A FIR was registered at Sector 39 police station against Manoj. The accused will be arrested soon,” said Khan.

Body of the deceased was sent for postmortem, reports of which are awaited. Her family was informed about the incident, police said.

“The body will be handed over to the family of the deceased once they reach,” said Khan.

Deceased Vinod was a resident of Bhangel area of Noida. He is survived with two children - Pankaj (5) and Pushpendra (4). His wife had died two years back due to some ailment. His body was sent for postmortem, police said.

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A private bus crashed in to an auto, ramming into a school bus ahead that had braked suddenly and caused a small pile-up. Two people died, and third was critically injured.

The auto was travelling behind a school bus that braked suddenly. The auto managed to come to a stop before crashing into the vehicle, but a private bus behind couldn’t, crushing the three-wheeler between the two.

Three children travelling in the school bus were injured in the accident. They were sitting in the last rows of the vehicle.

The accident took place in sector 44 in Noida on Thursday morning.

One person was critically injured in the accident. She was admitted to Kailash Hospital where she has been put in intensive care.