Four killed, 42 injured after sleeper bus meets with accident on Agra-Lucknow Expressway

By ANI

ETAWAH (UP): As many as 4 folks together with a seven-year-old woman have been killed and 42 others have been injured after a sleeper bus during which they have been touring met with an accident on Agra-Lucknow Expressway in Uttar Pradesh’s Etawah district on Sunday.

All the injured have been admitted to Saifai’s PGI Hospital for remedy.

“A sleeper bus en route to Ajmer from Gorakhpur with passengers met with an accident on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway under Saifai PS. 4 people were killed & about 42 who are seriously injured have been admitted to Saifai’s PGI Hospital,” mentioned Additional District Magistrate (ADM).

At round 2:30 am right this moment, the sleeper bus en path to Ajmer from Gorakhpur met with an accident.

“At around, 2:30 am the sleeper bus collided with the truck. The bus hit the truck from behind. Four people including a seven-year-old girl died in the accident, Two bus drivers and two passengers are among the deceased. All the injured are admitted to the hospital,” mentioned Jay Prakash Singh, Superintendent of police (SSP), Etawah.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed grief over the lack of lives in a highway accident in Etawah.

“UP CM Yogi Adityanath has expressed deep grief over the loss of lives in road accident in district Etawah. While praying for peace to the soul of the departed, the Chief Minister has expressed condolences to the bereaved families,” the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) mentioned in a tweet.

The Chief Minister has instructed the district administration officers for correct remedy of the injured and likewise wished for his or her speedy restoration.

“Along with this, the District Magistrate and senior police officers have been instructed to go to the spot and get relief work done on a war footing,” CMO added.

Further particulars are awaited.

Earlier on Friday, 15 folks have been killed in a tragic highway mishap in Madhya Pradesh’s Rewa district during which a passenger bus collided with a truck. At least 40 folks have been injured within the accident.

Most of the passengers on the bus have been residents of Uttar Pradesh.

The accident befell between 10:30 pm to 11 pm on Friday when the bus with about 100 folks on board, headed to Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh from Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh, collided with a truck trolley within the Suhagi Pahari space.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed anguish over the demise of 15 folks in a highway accident within the Rewa district of Madhya Pradesh and likewise introduced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh for the subsequent of kin of every deceased, and Rs 50,000 to the injured from the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF). 

ETAWAH (UP): As many as 4 folks together with a seven-year-old woman have been killed and 42 others have been injured after a sleeper bus during which they have been touring met with an accident on Agra-Lucknow Expressway in Uttar Pradesh’s Etawah district on Sunday.

All the injured have been admitted to Saifai’s PGI Hospital for remedy.

“A sleeper bus en route to Ajmer from Gorakhpur with passengers met with an accident on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway under Saifai PS. 4 people were killed & about 42 who are seriously injured have been admitted to Saifai’s PGI Hospital,” mentioned Additional District Magistrate (ADM).

At round 2:30 am right this moment, the sleeper bus en path to Ajmer from Gorakhpur met with an accident.

“At around, 2:30 am the sleeper bus collided with the truck. The bus hit the truck from behind. Four people including a seven-year-old girl died in the accident, Two bus drivers and two passengers are among the deceased. All the injured are admitted to the hospital,” mentioned Jay Prakash Singh, Superintendent of police (SSP), Etawah.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed grief over the lack of lives in a highway accident in Etawah.

“UP CM Yogi Adityanath has expressed deep grief over the loss of lives in road accident in district Etawah. While praying for peace to the soul of the departed, the Chief Minister has expressed condolences to the bereaved families,” the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) mentioned in a tweet.

The Chief Minister has instructed the district administration officers for correct remedy of the injured and likewise wished for his or her speedy restoration.

“Along with this, the District Magistrate and senior police officers have been instructed to go to the spot and get relief work done on a war footing,” CMO added.

Further particulars are awaited.

Earlier on Friday, 15 folks have been killed in a tragic highway mishap in Madhya Pradesh’s Rewa district during which a passenger bus collided with a truck. At least 40 folks have been injured within the accident.

Most of the passengers on the bus have been residents of Uttar Pradesh.

The accident befell between 10:30 pm to 11 pm on Friday when the bus with about 100 folks on board, headed to Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh from Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh, collided with a truck trolley within the Suhagi Pahari space.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed anguish over the demise of 15 folks in a highway accident within the Rewa district of Madhya Pradesh and likewise introduced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh for the subsequent of kin of every deceased, and Rs 50,000 to the injured from the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF).