Noida, Jan 18: A 27-year-old software engineer died after his car went out of control and plunged into an over 20-feet-deep, water-filled pit in Sector 150 of Greater Noida amid fog, police said on Sunday.
While local residents staged protests alleging negligence and lack of safety measures at the accident-prone site, the police said an FIR has been lodged against two real estate developers in connection with the incident.
The deceased was identified as Yuvraj Mehta, a resident of Tata Eureka Park society in Sector 150. He was working as a software engineer with a reputed company in Gurugram and was returning home from work when the accident occurred in the early hours of Saturday, police said.
According to police at the Knowledge Park police station, information was received around 12.15 am that a car had fallen into a pit dug for the basement of an under-construction building near Sector 150.
A search operation was launched and the body was recovered later on Saturday morning with the help of teams from the fire department, State Disaster Response Force, National Disaster Response Force and the local police.
However, Moninder, a delivery agent who claimed to be an eyewitness, alleged that rescue efforts were delayed and said the techie could have been saved if timely action had been taken. He told reporters that he reached the spot around 1.45 am and found rescue personnel hesitant to enter the water due to cold conditions and the presence of iron rods. (PTI)
