3 die in bike crash on Delhi-Meerut E-way
Ghaziabad, Aug. 6 -- Three men riding a motorcycle were killed after their bike allegedly crashed into the rear of an unidentified vehicle on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway (DME) near Bhojpur in Ghaziabad early Wednesday, senior police officers said.
The victims were identified as Raj Kumar, 25, a resident of Kankrola village in Haryana's Gurugram; his relative Gyan Prakash, 26, a resident of Kalai in Aligarh; and their friend Pradeep Kumar, 24, officers aware of the incident added.
Police received information about the accident around 5am. "They were declared dead at the hospital. None of them was wearing a helmet. The motorcycle sustained damage to the front, suggesting that it had crashed into the rear," said deputy commissioner of police (Ghaziabad) Surendra Nath Tiwari.
Bhaskar Verma, assistant commissioner of police, Modinagar, said the vehicle involved in the crash could not be traced. "A rotating camera near the site was facing the other direction when the crash occurred. We are checking other cameras," he said.
Police said they were trying to ascertain whether the three men were Kanwariyas, pilgrims who undertake the Kanwar Yatra to fetch Ganga water from Haridwar.
However, Raj Kumar's father, Rameshwar Prasad, told HT that he took money to go to Haridwar for Kanwar Yatra....
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