Senior IAS officer and Uttar Pradesh Principal Secretary (Information) Navneet Sahgal, and four others, were injured in a car accident at Unnao on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway, days ahead of its inauguration.
The mishap occurred when Sahgal was returning after an air show by the Indian Air Force in Bangarmau, police said.
They said Sahgal’s official car collided with a private car between Atiya and Inayatpur villages, under Auras police station area.
The officer has suffered head injuries and has been rushed to the Trauma Centre at KGMU here, along with his driver, gunner, and two others who were in the private car, they said.
A 1988-batch IAS officer, Sahgal is also Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA).
