Seconds of sleep, lifetime of loss

Mother, daughter killed as SUV hits truck near east Delhi toll plaza after driver dozes off

- OUR CORRESPONDENT

People gather as a crane picks up the wreckage of a car after it collided with a truck, in Ghazipur, Thursday

(PTI)

A 55-year-old woman and her daughter died while three family members, including two children, sustained injuries as their SUV collided with a truck after the driver allegedly dozed off near the MCD toll plaza on NH-9 in east Delhi’s Ghazipur area on Thursday morning, police said.

The deceased have been identified as Neelam Garg (55) and her daughter Deepanjali (38), they said. The three injured have been identified as Deepanshu (28) and Deepanjali's two children — Vivan (5) and Vashu (3).

Deepanshu — eager to celebrate his first Holi after marriage with the family — had gone to Dehradun along with his mother to bring his sister and nephews to their home in Rohini, police said.

According to police, the car was reportedly travelling at over 100 kmph when it crashed with a stationary container truck at the Ghazipur toll plaza on National Highway-9.