INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Four women and a child are among the dead.Ghaziabad:
For 55-year-old Om Prakash Rastogi, it was meant to
be one of the happiest days of his life
He was headed, along with 11 others, for his son's wedding in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad district, which neighbours the national
capital.Instead, in a freak accident, Om Prakash lost his life along with six others
The Tata Sumo the wedding party was travelling in, rolled down a gorge in Ghaziabad's Vijay Nagar, near National Highway-24. Four women and
a child are among the dead. The five other occupants in the car too received injuries and are said to be critical.Survivors say the driver
of the Tata Sumo had parked the car at the side of the road, next to a gorge, when he got out of the vehicle. A child, who was sitting in
the front, accidentally disengaged the hand brake of the SUV, which caused the SUV to roll down the sloped road of the National Highway, and
fall into the gorge, the survivors said."At around 8:30 pm, these people were coming from Bareilly
The baraat (wedding procession) was to come to my place
Chaos ensued as the car fell into the gorge
I came out of the home rushing and saw the car had drowned in the water
I jumped in the water to help them when I saw some women screaming for help
Most of them were in a serious condition," an eyewitness Satish Kumar told ANI."The police came at around 10:30 pm," he added. "It was the
wedding of the son of Om Prakash Rastogi, who is a resident of Rampur
The wedding was in Khoda and the baraat had already gone there
Some women and children took the Tata Sumo to go to the wedding
The car fell in the gorge and people around tried to save them
They were taken to a nearby hospital," a police officer told ANI
The driver has since gone missing, and a case has been filed against him, a police officer said.With inputs from IANS
