Updated: Mon, 22 Dec 2025 02:00 (IST) The family members of 15 people who died in the Yamuna highway accident are awaiting their identification. The mutilated and cremated remains will be destroyed until the DNA report matches…read more Jagran Correspondent, Mathura. The next of kin of 15 people who died after the horrific accident on Yamuna Expressway are awaiting identification. Until the DNA report matches, the 15 mutilated and burned remains found in the crash will be kept safely in a freezer. Despite modern technology, it is not possible to prove who died without DNA matching. In such a situation, 15 families are still worried about the identity of their loved ones and are waiting for the last rites. Remove advertisement Read only news Many vehicles collided with each other on Yamuna highway at 04:00 on Tuesday. Many vehicles collided with each other after a collision in dense fog at Mile Stone 127 in Baldev area on Tuesday morning. After this, 19 people were burned alive when these vehicles caught fire. The investigation report of this accident has not yet been completed. Only four of the deceased have been identified, the rest are still longing for identification. The bags containing remains of 15 corpses are kept in the mortuary for six days. According to the rule, the last rites of an unidentified dead body are performed within 72 hours. But, due to a major accident and lack of identification, it was decided to keep Echo safe. At the behest of the CMO, all the unidentified remains were preserved in a deep freezer, so that the DNA sample matched the sample given by the next of kin. Final confirmation will only be possible on the basis of DNA extracted from the bones. But this wait is getting longer. At the same time, the patience of the victims’ families is breaking. After Tuesday, Sunday night is also over. The question still echoes in 15 houses which bag is theirs and when they will be able to perform the last rites. Chief Operating Officer Radhavallabh said, because of humanity, all the dead bodies were kept safely in the freezer. The remains will only be handed over to the next of kin after the DNA report matches.