Woman pillion rider dies as car hits bike on wrong side

THE COLLISION WAS SO INTENSE THAT THE WOMAN RIDING PILLION WAS FLUNG INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD

- Arun Singh

NOIDA: A 25-year-old woman was killed and her husband left injured early Monday morning when a Tata Tiago car allegedly collided head-on with their motorcycle that was being driven on the wrong side of national highway (NH)-9 near Sector 63, Noida, police said, adding the car driver was later arrested after he fled the scene.

The incident led to massive traffic congestion on NH9 (towards Delhi) and Noida's internal roads, as the victim's family refused to allow police to remove the body from the main carriageway of NH9, demanding immediate arrest of the suspect Tiago driver, officers said, adding that traffic on the six-laned Delhi-Meerut Expressway, however, was unaffected.

Police identified the deceased as Monika (single name), 25, and her husband as Anuj Kumar, 28, a resident of Chotpur Colony in Chhajarsi, Sector 63, Noida.