2 killed, 11 injured after double-decker bus rams into truck on Agra expressway
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The bus was travelling from Patna to Delhi. The accident occurred around 5:30am near Araul toll plaza in Bilhaur.
The impact was so much so that the truck overturned, and the front portion of the bus was completely mangled. Several passengers were trapped inside the wreckage. Police, along with Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority’s rescue teams, carried out rescue operation.
The injured were pulled out from the vehicles and shifted them to the nearest community health centre.
Three critically injured passengers were referred to Lala Lajpat Rai hospital for advanced treatment.
The double-decker private bus had 40 passengers onboard.
“Police probe suggests the bus was travelling at over 100 kilometres per hour at the time of the crash,” ACP Manjay Singh said.
Cranes and other machines were deployed to remove the damaged vehicles from the expressway, after which traffic movement was restored, the ACP added.
The bodies were sent for post-mortem.
The bus was travelling from Patna to Delhi. The accident occurred around 5:30am near Araul toll plaza in Bilhaur.
The impact was so much so that the truck overturned, and the front portion of the bus was completely mangled. Several passengers were trapped inside the wreckage. Police, along with Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority’s rescue teams, carried out rescue operation.
The injured were pulled out from the vehicles and shifted them to the nearest community health centre.
Three critically injured passengers were referred to Lala Lajpat Rai hospital for advanced treatment.
The double-decker private bus had 40 passengers onboard.
“Police probe suggests the bus was travelling at over 100 kilometres per hour at the time of the crash,” ACP Manjay Singh said.
Cranes and other machines were deployed to remove the damaged vehicles from the expressway, after which traffic movement was restored, the ACP added.
The bodies were sent for post-mortem.
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