TRUCK OVERTURNS, 17 JAWANS HURT

MEERUT: At least 17 jawans of the Pradeshik Armed Constabulary (PAC) were injured when the truck they were travelling in, overturned on the Eastern Peripheral Expressway, near Village Kantha, in district Baghpat, on Thursday evening

Baghpat SP Abhishek Singh said that the truck was carrying jawans of the Ghaziabad-based 47th Battalion of the PAC and was en route to Ghaziabad from

Shamli, on Thursday evening.

The driver lost control on the Eastern Peripheral Expressway and the truck overturned near Village Kantha. Villagers and passers-by rushed to the spot and reported the accident to police. The SP said that 17 jawans sustained injuries and were admitted to hospital from where they are now being referred to higher medical centres in Ghaziabad for treatment.