Five persons died in a road accident on the Yamuna Expressway in Uttar Pradesh's Greater Noida on Thursday morning around 5 am, according to the police.

The police said the dead included four persons from Maharashtra and one from Karnataka. Two more people were in the car who were hospitalised with injuries.?
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UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed grief over the incident on Twitter and directed Gautam Buddh Nagar district officials to ensure proper treatment to those injured.

"The seven people were in a Mahindra Bolero. They were on the way from Agra towards Noida when their car hit a dumper truck from the rear side near Jewar toll plaza," a Gautam Buddh Nagar police spokesperson said.

The offocial added that the dumper truck has been impounded by the police.

Adityanath said in a second tweet, "The Chief Minister has directed district officials to provide proper treatment to the injured."

(With PTI inputs)