NOIDA: A day after a truck rammed into a motorcycle near Haldiram crossing in the Phase-3 area of Noida, leaving both riders seriously injured, police on Sunday arrested the truck driver who had fled the spot along with the vehicle after the incident on Saturday morning. One of the victims later that day succumbed to his injuries at a hospital, officials said.
The accused driver, identified as Waseem Shah, 56, originally from Amma Bigaha village in Bihar, and a resident of Khoda Colony, Ghaziabad, was apprehended from Sector 68, Noida on Sunday. The truck involved in the incident was also seized from his possession, police said.
“Based on manual intelligence and confidential inputs, a police team from Phase-3 traced and arrested the accused driver,” the Noida police said in a statement.
According to officials, the incident occurred near Haldiram crossing when a truck, allegedly being driven at high speed, hit a motorcycle, leaving both the riders Pawan and Shivam, around 17 years old, seriously injured. Pawan, a resident of Garhi Chaukhandi, succumbed to his injuries during treatment on Saturday, while the other person remains under treatment, police said.
Police said the victims were rushed to a nearby hospital by local residents. The exact sequence of events — including whether the truck and the bike were coming from opposite directions or if the motorcycle was rear-ended — is yet to be ascertained, officials added. It is also not known whether the two were wearing helmets at the time of the crash.
A case has been registered at Phase-3 police station under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), including Section 281 (rash driving), Section 125(B) (act endangering life or personal safety of others), and Section 106(1) (causing death by negligence).