Ghaziabad, Jan. 30 -- At least five people were injured after dense fog caused two major pile-ups, involving around 50 vehicles, on the Delhi Meerut Expressway (DME) and the Eastern Peripheral Expressway (EPE) stretches in Ghaziabad on Wednesday morning. All five injured are stable, and no fatalities were reported, said police.

Police said the first pile-up happened around 7.30am about 2km near the Hawa Hawai restaurant on the Meerut-Ghaziabad carriageway of the DME.

The second pile-up happened a little later on the Baghpat-Duhai carriageway of the EPE near Muradnagar.

"In the first incident on the DME, about 25-30 cars crashed into each other. Three persons who suffered severe injuries were rushed to the hospital. The second incident ...