Thirty-five automobiles have been concerned in a pile-up on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway in Ghaziabad on Sunday morning after a automobile all of the sudden utilized breaks on account of poor visibility amid foggy climate, leading to a pile-up of automobiles behind it.
One man was critically injured and was admitted to a non-public hospital whereas 9 others acquired gentle accidents, mentioned cops.
In response to officers of the Ghaziabad Police Commissionerate, the incident occurred at 8am close to Nahal village.
“The motive force of a automobile which was going at over 100kmph all of the sudden utilized the brakes on account of poor visibility, after which a cantor truck behind it additionally utilized brakes to save lots of itself from colliding with the automobile in entrance. A trailer truck that was behind the cantor truck collided with it though the motive force tried to steer in direction of the left to save lots of himself. After this, automobiles stored on piling up one after one other and 35 automobiles have been concerned within the crash,” mentioned RN Kushwaha, extra deputy commissioner of police (visitors).
Kushwaha added that visibility was low on the expressway on account of fog. After the incident, native police groups, fireplace tenders and ambulances reached the spot.
9 folks acquired minor accidents and have been despatched to close by hospitals for medical support. “The motive force of the cantor truck, Harikesh Kumar (24), sustained critical accidents and has been admitted to a non-public hospital,” mentioned Kushwaha.
“The accident resulted in a protracted visitors jam on the expressway, which was cleared by police utilizing automobile lifting cranes and a few automobile mechanics have been additionally known as to restore among the automobiles. Police groups took greater than two hours to clear the visitors jam,” Kushwaha added.
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