In a tragic incident, several commuters were injured in a vehicle pile-up on the Yamuna Expressway in Greater Noida on Wednesday morning amid reduced visibility due to fog, the police officials said. The officials added that the incident took place around 8 am on the Agra to Noida lane of the expressway in Dayanatpur area under the Jewar police station limits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police Ashok Kumar asserted that no person suffered fatal injury in the incident while the number of those injured was yet to be ascertained. Ashok Kumar said that most of the damaged vehicles have been removed from the expressway and normal traffic movement resumed on the stretch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, a video of the pile-up surfaced on various social media platforms. The video showed multiple damaged vehicles, including private and commercial ones, on the expressway. It also showed one lane of the carriageway which appeared to be having barricades where some construction work was underway.However, there was no comment yet from the officials concerned whether the barricades caused the road crash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In another incident, dense fog on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway led to a massive accident near Unnao on Wednesday morning, leaving one person dead and more than two dozen others injured, according to the Uttar Pradesh police. Reportedly, nearly six vehicles collided with each other in a chain reaction when a double-decker bus lost control due to poor visibility and struck the central divider. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This collision resulted in a series of rear-end crashes involving other vehicles. Reports stated that six individuals in critical condition were subsequently referred to the Trauma Center in Lucknow. In addition, police and emergency personnel were on the scene clearing the wreckage and assisting the injured. The cause of the accident is yet to be ascertained and is under investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier in December, the upper speed limit on the Yamuna Expressway was capped at 80 km per hour as a preventive measure against accidents due to fog. Furthermore, the speed limitation was started on December 15 and will be in force till February 15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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