Eighteen people were killed and 19 injured when a double-decker sleeper bus headed for Delhi hit a milk tanker on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway in Unnao on Wednesday, officials said (Pics/PTI)
Updated On: 2024-07-11 03:53 PM IST
Compiled by : ronak mastakar
The accident occurred around 5 am near Jojikot village in Behta Mujhawar police station area
District Magistrate Gaurang Rathi said it appears that the bus, which was coming from Motihari in Bihar, was speeding and hit the milk tanker from behind
Eighteen people died and 19 were injured in the accident. A probe has been launched into the matter, he said
Rathi said 20 passengers who sustained minor injuries were sent to Delhi in another bus, which was carrying 60 people
Additional Director General of Police, Lucknow, S B Shiradkar told PTI that 14 men, three women and a child were killed in the accident
Bangarmau Circle Officer (CO) Arvind Kumar said due to the collision, both the bus and milk tanker overturned. Drivers of the two vehicles were among the dead
He said the injured were rushed to a hospital and their condition was stated to be stable
Glass shards and people's belongings lay scattered on the highway next to the overturned bus and milk tanker. Cranes were used to put the two vehicles back on their wheels and they were later towed away
The impact of the collision left the front portion of the bus badly mangled with one side ripped open
