Greater Noida: 5 dead, including children, after speeding truck hits car

Five people, including three children, were killed after their car was hit by a speeding truck near Deri Maccha village in Uttar Pradesh’s Greater Noida on late Wednesday night, police said on Thursday. Five others, including four minors, were also injured in the accident and are stated to be critical. “The victims are from the same family. The truck was loaded with goods and hit the Wagon-R from one side. As a result, the car was crushed and the truck also came to a screeching halt,” Mukesh Kumar, station house officer of Badalpur police station, said. “Five persons died on the spot while the injured were pulled out from the rubble of the car and rushed to a hospital for treatment,” Kumar added.