India, Jan. 20 -- Amid the row over the death of a 27-year-old man from Noida who drowned after his car fell into a water-filled ditch in Sector 150, a similar incident at the same spot has come to light.

Two weeks before the tragic death of Yuvraj Mehta, a truck driver found himself in a similar situation near the same pit.

Speaking to NDTV, Gurvinder Singh revealed that he fell into the ditch after his truck hit the drain wall and overshot.

"The front tyres were in the air, and the middle ones got stuck on the wall. I jumped off the truck and landed in neck-deep water," he told the media house. Singh added that he fell into the ditch at around 12:30 AM and two hours later, cops arrived at the scene.

However, his rescue did not take ...