3 AIIMS docs killed in Yamuna E-way crash
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Three doctors of the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS), Delhi were killed when their SUV rammed into a stationary canter on the Yamuna Expressway in Mathura district early on Sunday. Four other doctors were injured in the accident that took place at 2.30am.
The deceased doctors were identified as Harshad Wankhede (35), a native of Akola district in Maharashtra, Yashpreet Kathpal (25), who hailed from Fazilka in Punjab and Hembala (25), a resident of Haryana’s Yamunanagar. The four injured doctors -- Jitendra Maurya, Mahesh Kumar, Abhinav Singh and Cathreen Halam -- were rushed to a local hospital for treatment but later taken to AIIMS, Delhi.
The impact of the accident was such that the SUV partially entered the canter that was carrying metal rods on the expressway that links Agra with Noida.
The seven doctors, posted as resident doctors in Emergency Medicine department of the AIIMS, were travelling to Agra from Delhi in an SUV to celebrate the birthday of Dr Wankhade,
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who was killed in the accident.
According to doctors in the AIIMS, all the four injured are stable.
One of the women suffered a facial bone fracture and hips dislocation and was operated upon, while another doctor suffered a wrist fracture.
The rest of the two resident doctors suffered minor injuries including fractures in the spine, ribs and hips, they said.
SP (Rural) Aditya Kumar Shukla said immediate help was provided as the information about the accident reached the police through dial 100.
The canter driver abandoned his vehicle and fled, the police officer said.
The accident is not the first of its kind as this 169-km expressway has claimed several lives since it became operational in 2012.
“The rate of accidents on Yamuna Expressway is quite alarming and the year 2013 saw 896 accidents which resulted in