# Ghaziabad DME crash toll rises to 2 as 21-year-old dies 2026-08-16T19:17:11+00:00 | India | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet A 21-year-old man, Ashu, died on Friday from injuries sustained in a car crash on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway in Ghaziabad on August 13, police said. The accident, which occurred around 5am near Lal Kuan, had already claimed the life of UP Police sub-inspector Upendra Kumar, 59, who died at the scene. Ashu was travelling with his father Satyendra and police personnel from Aligarh when their rented car was allegedly hit by a truck. The other injured passengers, head constable Narendra Kumar, 40, constable Ritik Kumar, 22, and driver Roshan Singh, 35, are reported stable. Ashu's father remains critical. An FIR against the truck driver was registered on Saturday under BNS sections 281, 125(b), and 106(1) at Kotwali police station. The driver fled, leaving the truck behind. Police have formed teams to trace him. ## Coverage - hindustantimes.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Aligarh, Delhi-Meerut Expressway, Ghaziabad, Kotwali police station, UP police Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/ghaziabad-dme-crash-toll-rises-to-2-as-21-year-old-dies/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/ghaziabad-dme-crash-toll-rises-to-2-as-21-year-old-dies/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/