Three youths were killed when their vehicle fell into a dry river from an unfinished bridge in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. These three were resorting to Google Maps to find their way. At the instruction of the map, he drove onto the unfinished bridge connecting Faridpur in Bareilly to Dataganj in Badaun. Part of this bridge was flooded.
बरेली: गूगल मैप ने दिखाया मौत का रास्ता, अधूरे पुल से नदी में गिरी कार, गूगल मैप देखकर चल रहा था ड्राइवर
The car of three youths who were traveling from Gurugram to attend a wedding ceremony at Faridpur in Bareilly fell about 20 feet down from the unfinished bridge early Sunday morning. All three died in the accident. These people were walking by looking at the route from Google Maps. Meanwhile, he climbed on the unfinished bridge on Ramganga connecting Samrer in Badaun with Faridpur and was involved in an accident.
The deceased include Amit Singh, 38, of Bichwan in Mainpuri, Ajit Kumar, 35, of Emadpur Hiram in Farrukhabad and his cousin Nitin, 30. Amit has a security agency in Gurugram, while Ajit was an operations executive in the same agency. Nitin lived with Ajit in Gurugram and drove his car in Ola. The three were also good friends.
Bareilly Bridge Accident – Photo : Amar Ujala
Some people from Khallapur village went to the fields on Sunday morning and saw the car lying under the bridge. Police were notified of three blood-soaked bodies inside. Police from Faridpur and Dataganj in Badaun arrived. The family members of the deceased were informed with the help of mobile phones. Faridpur CO Ashutosh Shivam said the scene was Faridpur. The police have sent the three bodies for post-mortem.
The bridge is still unfinished after a year and a half
The bridge has been lying unfinished since the connecting road washed away in September last year. Since then, the exercise has been on the files. Concrete steps towards building the bridge have not been taken yet.
To prevent was not obstruction
There is no obstruction to stop vehicles on the Dataganj side. First the wall was built, but now it is broken. After the accident, a temporary brick has been placed and a wall has been built. Besides, there are no indicators or notices posted anywhere to alert people.
Relied entirely on Google Maps
The young man relied on Google Maps. I did not seek information from any local person. The three did not know about the bridge. The three died as soon as the bridge was finished.
The young man driving the car had Google Maps open in his mobile
Police found a Gurugram security agency card from the car. Name in it
Vivek Kumar alias Ajit and the post was written Operations Executive. Meanwhile, Pramod Kumar Singh, a resident of Padera village in Faridpur, who arrived on the tip-off of Nitin’s relatives, also identified the deceased.
The bodies belonged to his brothers-in-law Nitin Kumar Singh, Ajit Kumar and Amit Singh of Agra, he said. Nitin was driving the car. Police found Google Maps of Nitin’s mobile open. It is suspected that they were looking at Google Maps.
The route was flooded a year and a half ago
The 700-metre bridge connecting Badaun to Bareilly will be constructed at a cost of Rs 42 crore
was made. It was launched in April The access road to the bridge was washed away in the September floods of the same year. The bridge has since remained unfinished.
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