7 killed as tanker crashes into a car near Mathura

Seven people were killed in a collision between an oil tanker and a car on the Yamuna Expressway in Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura district, police officials said on Wednesday. The incident took place around 10.30pm on Tuesday near Bajna cut on the Yamuna Expressway in Naujheel police station area of the district, Mathura senior superintendent of police (SP) Gaurav Grover told news agency PTI. UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath took note of the incident on Twitter and offered his condolences to families of the victims. “An oil tanker going towards Noida went out of control and crossed over on the other side of the expressway, where it collided with a speeding Toyota Innova,” Grover said “Seven car passengers, including two women and five men, were killed in the crash,” he added. Grover said senior officials had rushed to the spot to oversee the rescue and relief operation, following which the bodies were sent for post mortem.