Toddler dies, 5 injured in road accident

A 19-month-old baby was killed while his five family members were injured when their car hit a divider on Yamuna Expressway today, police said.

The accident took place when the family, hailing from Afghanistan, was returning to Delhi, where they currently stay, after a visit to Taj Mahal, they said.

Mudavil was killed on the spot, police said, adding the condition of three persons among the five injured is stated to be serious.

The cause of the accident was stated to be bursting of a tyre of one of the front wheel, they said.