Overview

• Police say an SUV carrying five students struck a truck around 3:30 pm Monday in Rampur Fatehpur under Dadri police limits near the Eastern Peripheral Expressway.
• The deceased was identified as Ishika, while the injured are Anvi Jain, Yuvraj Singh, Harsh and Yash, all students at a private university in Greater Noida.
• Doctors and police reported two of the injured remain in critical condition and two are now out of danger after emergency treatment.
• Investigators say the SUV, a Maruti Suzuki Brezza, hit the rear of a slow-moving truck at high speed, leaving the vehicle’s front end crushed as locals helped pull victims from the wreck.
• Officers have sent the body for post-mortem, opened legal proceedings and are pursuing the truck driver who left the scene as they continue to gather evidence.