Google Maps error: 2 BTech graduates die as car hits barrier on Delhi-Dehradun e-way

MEERUT: Two BTech graduates from Delhi were killed in a road accident on the Delhi-Dehradun Greenfield Expressway near Mavikalan village in Baghpat around 1 am on Wednesday. Police said their car, guided by Google Maps, rammed into a cemented barrier on the yet-to-be-opened stretch of the road. Another car also crashed into their damaged vehicle. Upon receiving information, police reached the spot, cleared the vehicles from the road and initiated an investigation. Victims Kapil Parashar (24), a resident of Nangloi in Delhi, and his friend Prayagraj Kaushik (25), also from Delhi, had recently completed BTech from a private university in Haryana. "After the convocation at their college on Tuesday, the two planned a visit to Mahdev temple in Haridwar to seek blessings.

They failed to notice the temporary cemented barricades placed on the road without any warning or signage, and their vehicle collided with the obstruction," said Rajan Kaushik, Prayagraj's father, an official with NITI Aayog in Delhi. "If the road is under construction, there should be proper diversion. I lost my son due to negligence of the system," he said. "The Delhi-Dehradun Greenfield Expressway passes through Baghpat, where designated entry and exit points have been created for vehicles.

The stretch between Delhi and Baghpat is already opened for the public, and the road from here is closed by NHAI using cemented barriers," said SP Suraj Rai. "It appears that the driver of the car failed to notice the barriers as it was drizzling and visibility was low. No police complaint has been received so far. A probe is on," Rai said. PM Narendra Modi is slated to inaugurate the Delhi-Dehradun Greenfield Expressway on April 14, 2026, in Saharanpur. Authorities claim the 210 km-long expressway will reduce travel between Delhi and Dehradun to 2.5 hours from 5-6 hours.