Mathura,

16 Dec (HS): According to authorities, a car pile-up on the Yamuna Expressway

in Delhi early Tuesday erupted into an inferno, killing thirteen persons and

injuring 43 others.

The

officer said that about 4.30 a.m., eight buses and three smaller cars crashed

in the heavy fog. The event took place under the authority of the Baldev Police

Station. The cars collided owing to poor visibility on the Agra-Noida stretch

of the Yamuna Expressway. Several automobiles also caught fire. Shlok Kumar,

Mathura Senior Superintendent of Police, said that all of the injured have been

taken to hospitals. Baldev Police Station SHO Ranjana Sachan identified two of

the deceased as 44-year-old Prayagraj resident Akhilendra Pratap Yadav and

75-year-old Rampal from Maharajganj district.

A

third, subsequently identified by the chief medical officer from Vrindavan, was

62-year-old Sultan Ahmed, a Gonda district native. Sachan stated all 13

perished from burns. Images from the scene showed burnt buses and automobiles

reduced to bare crumpled carcasses. Cranes were sent in to remove them from the

road. We are conserving the DNA of burnt remains so that we may match it with

information supplied by families. We

have identified three deceased passengers and are contacting their families,

Kumar stated. District Magistrate Chandra Prakash Singh stated that plans are being

made for the funeral rites of those whose remains have been recognized, as well

as treatment for the injured. The DM directed a four-person team to examine the

traffic accident and deliver a report within two days.

The

committee will be led by Amresh Kumar, Additional District Magistrate

(Administration). The SSP, who was there, stated that the unidentified motorist

had been charged at Baldev Police Station. Meanwhile, Chief Medical Officer Dr

Radha Vallabh stated that two distinct teams of physicians had been established

for the post-mortem of the deceased and the collecting of DNA samples. He

stated that the police had handed 17 corpse bags for post-mortem. He stated

that some of the badly injured had been taken to the SN Medical College and

Hospital in Agra, while others had been sent to Delhi. The CMO further stated

that at midday, 43 individuals had been transported to the Joint District

Hospital in Vrindavan for treatment.

There were ten ladies and thirty-three men.

According

to Mathura Police's statement on X, the pile-up at Milestone 127 comprised

seven buses and three smaller cars.

According to the report, none of the injured are in serious condition. A

wounded individual at the hospital stated that the bus was going for Delhi. It

was foggy. The bus was heading to Delhi. Numerous individuals have perished. I

shattered my back, he explained as he lay on a stretcher. SSP said that

passengers were transported to their destinations in government vehicles.

In

a post on X in Hindi, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath conveyed his

sympathies to the deceased's family. The loss of life in a car accident on the

Yamuna Expressway in Mathura district is both devastating and painful. He expressed his sincere sympathies to the

departed families. I have directed district administration personnel to

guarantee that the injured receive adequate treatment.I pray to Lord Ram

to grant peace to departed souls and speedy recovery to the injured,

Adityanath stated. According to a tweet from his office, the chief minister

declared Rs 2 lakh apiece for the family of the deceased and Rs 50,000 each for

the injured.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi