4 Doctors, Technician Killed After Car Crashes Into Divider, Hits Truck On Agra Expressway
One more person travelling with them is critically injured. He was immediately rushed to the hospital.
Four doctors and a laboratory technician were killed after their car crashed into a truck on the Agra-Lucknow expressway on Wednesday morning. The doctors, who were postgraduate trainees with the Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences in Saifai.
Reportedly, one more person travelling with them is critically injured. He was immediately rushed to the hospital. The accident occurred while the Scorpio SUV they were travelling in lost control and rammed into a divider. A truck then struck the vehicle.
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The group of doctors and the technician were returning to Saifai after attending a wedding in Lucknow.
Superintendent of Police Amit Kumar Anand stated that the incident occurred at around 3 am when the SUV veered off course and crashed into the median divider.
“The vehicle subsequently crossed into the oncoming lane, where it collided with a truck. As a result, the four doctors and one lab technician died on the spot. One additional person, a PG student, suffered serious injuries and was rushed to Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar Medical College in Tirwa," the officer said.
The deceased have been identified as Dr Anirudh Verma (29) from Agra; Dr Santosh Kumar Maurya (46) from Bhadohi; Dr Arun Kumar (34) from Kannauj; and Dr Nardev (35) from Bareilly along with laboratory technician Rakesh Kumar (38).
“The injured, identified as Jaiveer Singh (39) from Moradabad, has been admitted to the Tirwa Medical College," Circle Officer of Tirwa, Dr Priyanka Bajpai, told news agency PTI.
The bodies have been sent for postmortem, informed police.
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