New Delhi: Three persons were killed and 10 injured as two buses collided on Noida-Greater Noida Expressway on Sunday, news agency PTI reported.
The accident took place near Sector 157 under Knowledge Park police station area, officials said.
According to the report, one of the buses was stationary and the other rammed into it from behind.
Both the buses were headed towards Noida from Greater Noida, a police official said.
“A bus was coming from Shivpuri in Madhya Pradesh and the other from Pratapgarh in Uttar Pradesh. After the collision at around 5 am, police teams were rushed to the spot. Three people died due to injuries, while 10 were hospitalised for treatment,” PTI quoted Deputy Commissioner of Police (Greater Noida) Abhishek Verma as saying.
The deceased have been identified as Kartik Trivedi (18), a native of Pratapgarh, Kamil (25) from Delhi and Sheru (29) from Bhind in Madhya Pradesh, the police said.
According to Knowledge Park police station in-charge Vinod Kumar Singh, the passengers of the bus coming from Pratapgarh alleged that its driver was in an inebriated state.
The matter is being investigated, Singh said.
The injured have been rushed to the hospital. The police reached the accident site and engaged in the rescue operation.
An FIR has been lodged against the unidentified bus driver, who managed to flee, under Section 304A (death due to negligence) of the Indian Penal Code and searches are being carried out to arrest him, Singh added.
Earlier on Saturday, at least three people were killed and four others were seriously injured after the car they were travelling in overturned after colliding with a bluebuck in Uttar Pradesh's Basti district.
The accident took place near Dudhaura petrol pump in Kaptanganj police station area.