Australian killed in road accident on Yamuna Expressway

A 26-year-old Australian was killed and many others were injured after a collision between several vehicles due to dense fog on the Yamuna Expressway this morning.

The Australian, Mathew, was riding a motorcycle and was going to Agra along with his friends when a bus collided with a truck and then hit his two-wheeler, injuring him critically, SHO Farmood Ali Pundir said.

Mathew died on the way to a hospital, he added.

The incident occurred in the Dankaur area of Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Budh Nagar district, around 18 kms from here.

A school student in a van, coming from behind that also collided with the bus, driver and conductor of a UP roadways bus and some passengers were also injured, the SHO said, adding that they were taken to a hospital for treatment.
 

Traffic on the Yamuna Expressway was affected for few hours, he said.