Ghaziabad Accident Caught On Cam: Mother-Son Duo Killed After Being Hit By Alto Driving On Wrong Side

A woman and her son were killed in a highway crash in UP's Ghaziabad after their scooter was hit by an Alto car driving on the wrong side of the road. The incident was captured on CCTV.

Ghaziabad accident: The moment before the car hits the scooter (left); one of the riders flung high in the air due to the impact.

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A woman and her son died in a highway crash in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad on Sunday night when their two-wheeler hit a car that was driving on the wrong side of the road. A CCTV clip of the accident has now gone viral. 

The incident occurred on the Ghaziabad section of the Delhi-Meerut Expressway in the Wave City area. The accident occurred when an Alto, coming from the wrong direction, hit their scooter. The mother-son duo was returning home after bathing in the Ganga in Haridwar.

While returning, they took the Delhi-Meerut Expressway to reach Delhi. According to the police, the accused driver got on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway to go from Bhojpur to Vijay Nagar. He had to take a cut towards Dasna and get on the NH-9. But he missed the turn. He realized his mistake after reaching the bypass. And decided to retrace his way back to the cut.

A horrific accident has come to light from Ghaziabad where a car driving on the wrong side of the road rammed into a scooter, thereby killing the occupants of the two-wheeler. A video of the accident has surfaced online today, July 22.

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Ghaziabad Accident Car Driver Arrested

The deceased were identified as 20-year-old Yash Gautam, a resident of Vinod Nagar in Delhi, and his 40-year-old mother Manju. The accused Alto car driver, Devdutt, a resident of Ghaziabad's Vijay Nagar, has been arrested. Devdutt used to run a clinic. Two-wheelers and three-wheelers are completely banned on the Delhi Meerut Expressway. Despite this, the mother and son riding a scooter entered the expressway.

Ghaziabad ACP Poonam Mishra said that around 8 PM on July 21, the scooter was hit by the Alto coming from the wrong side on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway under Wave City Police Station. Yash and his mother were seriously injured in the accident and had to be admitted to a nearby hospital for treatment.

However, both of them passed away at night during the treatment. Their family has lodged a complaint against the Alto driver.