Noida news: Railway employee killed as his car falls into 30 feet drain, locals say 'misled' by wrong navigation

Noida news: In an unfortunate incident, a 31-year-old man, working as a station master, died after his car fell into a 30-feet-deep drain in Sector P4 of Greater Noida, police said on Tuesday. The man was identified as Bharat Singh, a resident of Mandawali in Delhi. The incident occurred on Saturday when he was on his way to attend a wedding in Rani Rampur in Greater Noida. While locals suggested that Singh might have been misled by wrong navigation on his device, police said they had no information to support this claim as his mobile phone had not been recovered.

Police received information around 3.30 pm on Saturday that a car had fallen into a drain near Kendriya Vihar area, Vijay Kumar, in-charge of Beta 2 police station said. There were no warning signs at the end of the road, which may have caused the car to lose control and fall into the drain, Kumar added.

An eyewitness Saurabh, a delivery boy, said, the car was speeding and fell into the drain. Locals rushed to help, but the car had overturned and was filled with water. The absence of warning signs at the road's end and near the drain posed a danger, often confusing people who rely on navigation apps, leading to such accidents, a local claimed.

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Nikhil, a friend of the Singh, said, "I received a call from the police and reached the spot from Delhi. His body was recovered from the car with the help of a crane." Despite attempts by locals and delivery personnel to save him, he could not be rescued, Nikhil said.

(With inputs from PTI)