India News | UP Roadways Bus Driver Killed in Collision with Truck

Noida (UP), Aug 9 (PTI) The driver of a state-run bus was killed on Sunday after the vehicle collided with a truck on a highway in Uttar Pradesh's Greater Noida, police said.

The roadways bus had around 25 passengers on board when the incident took place around 4 am in the Badalpur police station area, they said.

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"The bus had started from Farrukhabad and was bound for Delhi but met with an accident with a truck. The bus driver suffered severe injuries while some passengers had minor injuries," an official from the local police station said.

"Bus driver Omkar Singh, a native of Farrukhabad, was taken to a nearby hospital but he succumbed to injuries during treatment," the policeman said.

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The truck involved in the accident has been impounded but its occupants ran away, the police said.

The body has been sent for an autopsy, they added.

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