India News | UP: 1 Dead, 8 Injured as Bus Crashes into Auto-rickshaw

Banda (UP), Sep 21 (PTI) A man died while eight sustained injuries in a collision between a bus and an auto-rickshaw on the Bundelkhand Expressway here on Wednesday, police said.

The speeding bus hit the Banda-bound three-wheeler near Collector Purwa village under Kotwali Police Station, they said.

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Driver of the auto-rickshaw, Durga (35), died while eight of its passengers -- Sharmila (30), Santoshi (45), Sanu (25), Shivani (3), Sona (50), Billary (42), Vinita (13) and Santosh (35) -- were injured, they said.

Circle Officer (CO) Ambuja Trivedi said the injured have been admitted to the government hospital for treatment.

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After the accident, the driver of the bus fled from the spot, he said.

The body has been sent for postmortem, he added.

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