Army truck falls in canal, all six jawans rescued

Gaziabad: An army truck carrying six jawans on board fell into the Ganga Canal on NH-58 in Ghaziabad on Wednesday. All jawans, including the driver of the vehicle, have been rescued safely from the waters by police with the help of local divers.

The accident took place at around 7:30 am near the Ganga Canal police outpost under the Muradnagar police station limits. The truck was travelling with the jawans from Meerut Cantonment towards Delhi when it fell into the canal. The vehicle is yet to be fished out of the water.
Police said the truck suddenly lost control while crossing the canal and rammed into a barricade on the side of the road thereby breaking it to fall into the water

According to police, the jawans on the truck belonged to different units of the army and have sustained minor injuries only.

“No casualties have taken place in the accident. All six jawans on the vehicle were safely rescued from the waters. Two cranes have been summoned to pull the vehicle out of the canal,” Muradnagar circle officer DSP Abhishek Singh told TOI.

Efforts were on to retrieve the vehicle from the canal at the time that this report was being filed.