Noida, Apr 30 (PTI) Five people were injured on Tuesday after a speeding car hit a rickshaw before ploughing into the wall of a house in a residential sector in Uttar Pradesh's Noida, police officials said.

The accident took place in Sector-55, which falls under the limits of the Sector 58 police station, they said.

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The rickshaw puller and its two women passengers, and the two occupants of the car, which is registered in Ghaziabad, were injured, police said.

"Today, around 6:30 am, two boys Gaurav and Aditya were traveling in a Maruti Celerio car which Aditya was driving. They were driving fast and carelessly. The car hit a rickshaw after which it collided in the house whose wall and railing were damaged," a police spokesperson said.

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"The rickshaw puller and the women riders on it suffered minor injuries in the episode while the car occupants were hospitalised for treatment," the spokesperson said.

The police have launched a probe into the matter and further legal proceedings are underway, they added.

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