Latest News | 7 Killed, 25 Injured in Bus-car Collision on Highway in UP's Etawah
Get latest articles and stories on Latest News at LatestLY. Seven people were killed and 25 injured early Sunday when the bus they were on overturned on the Lucknow-Agra Expressway in the Usrahar area here, police said.
Etawah (UP), Aug 4 (PTI) Seven people were killed and 25 injured early Sunday when the bus they were on overturned on the Lucknow-Agra Expressway in the Usrahar area here, police said.
Superintendent of Police Sanjay Kumar told reporters that a bus with Nagaland number plate was on its way to Delhi from Rae Bareli, when at around 12.45 am it collided with a car coming from the wrong lane.
According to the SP, The driver of the car, who had been coming from Lucknow and going to Agra, must have fallen asleep and entered the wrong lane.
The collision sent the bus careening into a roadside ditch.
Also Read | Comparing Employee Benefits: What 8th Pay Commission Promises Compared to 7th Pay Commission.
The injured, one of them critical, have been admitted to a hospital, police said.
The SP said there were about 60 people on the bus.
(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)