Three killed, two injured as ambulance goes up in flames after colliding with truck

GREATER NOIDA: Three individuals were killed and two others were seriously injured when an ambulance caught fireplace after it rammed a truck in Badalpur space of Greater Noida in the early hours of Wednesday. The ambulance wasn’t carrying sufferers however was once ferrying a couple of people who were given a boost by way of the driving force on its way back to Khurja from Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital in Delhi.
According to police, the ambulance were given entangled in the truck after the collision and was once dragged just about 100 metres. Its door were given opened in the collision and two occupants – Manik (25) and Shri Nand Mauriya (55) — were thrown off the car. The two, alternatively, controlled to live on. Three different individuals, together with ambulance driving force Lucky, were charred to loss of life. Lucky, a resident of Khurja, used to pressure the ambulance for a local sanatorium. The identities of 2 others — who were given elevate by way of Lucky — have now not been established yet.

Police mentioned Lucky and his good friend Manik had left Khurja with a affected person to Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital in Delhi on Tuesday evening. “They admitted the affected person to the sanatorium and were returning to Khurja on Wednesday morning. On the best way, they gave a boost to a few individuals – Shri Nand Mauriya and two others—for Dadri, since they were at the similar path,” a police officer mentioned.

According to the police officer, when the ambulance reached Badalpur, a truck carrying some iron pillars was once transferring ahead of it. “The truck was once at the dashing lane. Suddenly the driving force took a left flip to park the car in a car park reverse KRBL company. The dashing ambulance driving force coming from in the back of may just now not apply brakes on time and rammed the truck,” he mentioned.

The truck driving force attempted to hurry away after the collision. However, the ambulance were given caught in the truck and were given dragged. Local residents, who witnessed the twist of fate, referred to as police.

Madanpal, chowki in-charge, Chapraula, mentioned Manik and Nand Maurya were thrown off because the ambulance’s door opened right through collision, and they survived.

When the police reached the spot, they found the ambulance going up in flames. They referred to as a fire mushy which doused the flames. Meanwhile, the three individuals in the ambulance were charred beyond recognition. The ambulance additionally were given utterly destrobed. Manik and Nand Maurya were rushed to the district sanatorium and later referred to a sanatorium in Delhi. The truck driving force and helper had already parked the car and fled ahead of police reached the spot.

Investigations discovered that the truck belongs to a non-public company, Nitin Logistics (India) Pvt Ltd, in Ghaziabad. Nitin Chaudhury, the corporate owner, mentioned that the goods were loaded at the truck at the railway station in Ghaziabad. “The truck was once on its option to deliver the goods to a consumer in Delhi. I received data that there was once an twist of fate involving our car. But our driving force was once now not at fault because the ambulance rammed the truck from in the back of,” he mentioned. Chaudhury mentioned that the truck driving force attempted to hurry away to ensure that the truck does now not catch fireplace.

Chaudhury mentioned that there are a number of drivers in the company and he's yet to determine who was once in the back of the wheels at the time of the incident.

Mukesh Kumar, SHO, Badalpur police station, mentioned a case for rash riding and loss of life because of negligence has been registered against the truck driving force. “We have seized the truck and introduced a search for the driving force,” he mentioned.