Sohna siblings killed in Mumbai e-way accident
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A brother-sister duo hailing from Sohna died in a road accident near the Ferozepur Jhirka area of Nuh due to fog on the Mumbai expressway.
According to the police, due to dense fog, several vehicles collided with a broken vehicle parked on the highway near Naharika village. Many others were also seriously injured in the accident.
Ferozepur Jhirka police station in-charge Radheshyam said the deceased students have been identified as Anjali and Harsh. They were headed to Alwar for an exam at the time of the incident.
The police have sent their bodies to the district civil hospital at Mandikheda for autopsy. The injured are being treated in different hospitals.
According to information, driver of a mini truck left the vehicle on the road without putting any reflector or sign after he ran out of diesel near Naharika village on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway.
Due to heavy fog on Saturday, several vehicles collided on the highway around 7 am. Two students traveling from Sohna towards Alwar died in the accident.
The NHAI employees and officials immediately reached the spot after receiving information and put up barricades to avert other vehicles and called an ambulance.