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Seven died in Hathras – Photo: Amar Ujala
The Divisional Transport Department has prima facie considered the negligence of the canter driver in the accident that took place on the Mathura Bareilly road. ARTO Laxman Prasad said that after the accident, during spot inspection, it was revealed that the passenger vehicle Tata Magic number UP82T2578 was coming from Hathras. During this time, Canter number NL01-AE5740 coming from Sikanderau side overtook a vehicle at high speed and hit the Magic coming from the front.
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Deceased in Hathras accident – Photo: Amar Ujala
ARTO says that all the documents like fitness, insurance, permit, pollution etc. of both the vehicles have been found complete. Tata Magic number UP82T2578 was registered in Etah ARTO office. This vehicle is registered in the name of Kishan Pal, son of Saudan Singh, resident of village Rewari Sakit, district Etah. Canter number NL01AE5760 is registered in Kohima district of Nagaland. Its owner is Parveen son of Shamsher Singh, resident of Forest Colony Kohima Sadar District Kohima Nagaland.
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Magic vehicle damaged on the spot – Photo: Amar Ujala
Even the driver was not getting enough space to sit properly
Tata Magic had a capacity of eight passengers and was carrying 20 people. If we talk about total passengers, there were 21 including the driver. The situation was such that there were passengers on the driver’s seat also. In such a situation, even the driver was not getting enough space to sit. Eyewitnesses say that the speed was also high. In fact, Tata, which carries passengers from Hathras to Sikandrarau, runs with Magic Number. They drive the vehicles at indiscriminate speed to avoid the second Tata Magic reaching there first. Accidents are happening due to this.
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Injured lying on the spot after the accident – Photo: Amar Ujala
The permit that Tata Magic, which was the victim of the accident, has received from the Eta office of RTO is for only 8 passengers. But 20 passengers were filled. The special thing is that this Tata Magic was carrying passengers since morning but the police did not pay attention to it. While many police stations and posts were lying on the way. If the police had stopped, perhaps this accident would not have happened. The RTO team, which keeps checking vehicles at various places, does not see vehicles carrying more passengers than their capacity. People say that the speed of Tata Magic was fast. He could not control the car.
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Accident victims – Photo: Amar Ujala
Had the officers lost their sleep over the death of 17 people, the lives of these seven would not have been lost.
On September 6, a loading vehicle filled with passengers was hit by a roadways bus while overtaking on the Hathras-Agra road, in which 17 people were killed. Even after this accident the system did not wake up. If the administration had been alert at that time. Enforces traffic rules. Had action been taken against vehicles carrying more passengers than their carrying capacity, perhaps the horrific accident today in which seven people lost their lives would not have happened.