38-year-old auto-rickshaw driver died in a road crash on Tuesday night. (Representational)
A 38-year-old auto-rickshaw driver died in a road crash on Tuesday night while trying to save a motorcycle rider in Uttar Pradesh's Greater Noida, police said.
The auto-rickshaw had overturned on the road around 9 pm near Parthala Chowk, under Phase 3 police station area, they said.
"Satyendra was in his auto-rickshaw without any passenger and the Bullet motorcycle was also on the same route. At one point, the auto-rickshaw was trailing the motorcycle which stopped suddenly, and the auto-rickshaw overturned on the road in a bid to save the biker," a local police official said.
The dead hailed from Kasganj in UP and was staying in a rented accommodation in Noida. His family has been informed and further legal proceedings were being carried out, the official said.