Two women returning home from work were run over by a truck while crossing the road in Greater Noida’s Kasna on Tuesday night, police said on Wednesday.
Police later arrested the truck driver and impounded his vehicle. Both were natives of Badaun and residents of a village near the Kasna Industrial Area where they worked at a factory. A team rushed to the spot and transported the victims to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared them brought dead. He was booked under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for rash driving and causing death by negligence,” Sharma added.
The deceased women have been identified by the police as Manisha, 45, and her distant relative Vimlesh, 43. Passersby alerted the police via the 112 emergency helpline. “The truck driver, aged around 25, has been identified as a resident of Haryana.
Police later said they tracked the truck to a spot a few kilometres away and arrested the driver on Wednesday morning.
