Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh): Over two dozen vehicles collided near Delhi-Meerut Expressway in the morning today due to thick fog and poor visibility resulting in injuries to a few people.
The incident took place in the wee hours on Friday morning.
After the incident, the local police, fire tenders and ambulances reached the spot. The injured were later taken to the hospital for treatment. Later, the police help clear the traffic jam.
Later, the mangled cars had to be removed with cranes from the highway as traffic was disrupted.
In a similar incident, more than half a dozen vehicles collided with each other due to dense fog on the Eastern Peripheral Highway in Greater Noida leaving around half a dozen people injured. The injured were rushed to a hospital in Faridabad.
A hatchback with registration number I-20 HR05AA 0438 collided with another truck moving ahead due to dense fog on the Eastern Peripheral Highway under the Dankaur police station area. After which, half a dozen vehicles running behind lost their control and collided with each other. Baswa police station, head constable, Chandan Kumar resident of Hasanpur district in Haryana and his wife suffered serious injuries in the accident. All the injured have been admitted to a hospital in Faridabad.
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