Six persons killed as car rams into dumper

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Jun 03 2016 | 10:32 PM IST
Six persons were killed today when their speeding car rammed into a stationary dumper on the national highway in Samaypur Badli area of outer Delhi.
The car was badly mangled in the impact as it hit the backside of the dumper which was stationed on the road for a change of tyre. The occupants of vehicle were retrieved with much difficulty after cutting the metal body of the car, police said.
The deceased have been identified as DLF Phase III resident Ansar Ahmad, Sultanpur(UP) resident Vikas, Sonia Vihar resident Vivek Tiwari, Lalbagh(Ghaziabad) resident Nishant, Mahavir Enclave resident Dipak, and Sonia Vihar resident Amit. All the deceased were in the age group 25-30 yeras, said a senior police officer.
"The police received a call about the accident around 4.30 in the morning. The cops who reached at the spot found the car occupants entangled in the mangled heap of of metal body of the vehicle and took use of gas cutter to free them," he said.
All the six were immediately rushed to the hospital where doctors declared them dead.
The deceased were reportedly headed towards Sonipat when the accident occurred near Budhpur village.
Police found a tyre and some soil on the spot and later traced the vehicle as a dumper and caught its driver Santosh from Bakauli village.
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First Published: Jun 03 2016 | 10:32 PM IST

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