3 women among 4 dead in Agra as truck crushes auto-rickshaw

Agra: A cement-laden truck crushed an auto-rickshaw under its wheels leaving its four passengers-- three women and a child-- dead on the spot in Agra’s Narkhi area Thursday morning. Police and rescuers took hours to pull out the debris of the three- wheeler which got stuck under the truck on Firozabad-Fariha road, near Bhooteshwar temple. The diver of the truck fled the scene leaving the vehicle behind.

Till evening, police were able to identify two out of the four deceased. They are Kiran Rajput and Tripati Chaudhary, both residents of Etawah district. They were undergoing training at a primary school in Firozabad for basic training certificate to become school teacher.

Police were trying to identify the other two deceased.

Additional superintendent of police (city) Mukesh Chandra Mishra said, “The accident took place at around 11am. The truck was fully loaded with sacks of cement. The auto-rickshaw was carrying five passengers. The truck tried to overtake the auto and lost control. Four passengers of the auto died in the accident and the driver got critically injured. The bodies and the injured were sent to the district hospital.”

Chief medical superintendent of Firozabad district hospital, Dr Alok Sharma, said, “After the accident, four people were brought dead at the hospital. One person is in critical condition. The post-mortem of the deceased will be conducted after their family members report at the hospital.”