5 Killed, Several Injured After Bus Collides With Parked Vehicle On Agra-Lucknow Expressway

One of the victims Sandeep was returning from Mathura after his four-year-old son Siddharth's Mundan ceremony when the accident occurred.

Bystanders had immediately informed the police and in the meanwhile, helped the injured.

Source : ANI

Five people were killed, and several others were injured after a bus collided with a parked truck on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway in Firozabad district, in Uttar Pradesh. 

The Superintendent of Police (SP) Rural Firozabad Akhilesh Bhadoria while speaking to ANI, explained that the bus was on its from Mathura to Lucknow when it collided with the truck parked near Thana Nasirpur on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway.

#WATCH | Uttar Pradesh: 5 people died and several injured after a bus met with an accident on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway in Firozabad pic.twitter.com/ptPDhvmYi1

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The authorities reached the spot as soon as they received the information. The SP Rural and Circle Officer (CO) Sirsaganj inspected the spot.

SP Bhadoria told ANI, that injured people were rushed to the District Hospital. During the investigation, it was discovered that the driver had lost control of the bus due to negligence. He further said that Sandeep who is a resident of Mohaddinpur in Lucknow, had gone to Mathura for his four-year-old son Siddharth's Mundan ceremony and that at least 20 other members of his family were travelling on that bus. 

#WATCH | Uttar Pradesh: SP Rural Firozabad Akhilesh Bhadoria says, "The bus was going from Mathura to Lucknow. The bus collided with a parked vehicle on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway. 5 people died in the accident. The injured were sent to the hospital. The accident happened due to… https://t.co/FJz9nfPB5Q pic.twitter.com/k6R284lCnp

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"In the accident, Sandeep's wife Neetu (42), daughter Luvshikha (13), and Naitik (15) son Sajjan died on the spot. Two other people also died during treatment," said the official.

The injured include Geeta, 42, Hrithik, 12, Karthik, 9, Pranshu, 13, Sanjivan, 43, Sushil Kumar, 30, Shashi Devi, 44, her granddaughter Chamcham, 4, Savitri Devi, 41, her granddaughter Aarohi, just over one-year-old, Riya, 16, Poonam, 29, Phoolmati, 40, Sarika, 13 and Ruby, 29. They are all undergoing treatment. 

Bhadoria said that there was chaos on the expressway after the accident. He said that bystanders had immediately informed the police and in the meanwhile, helped the injured. He added that police have sent the bodies of the deceased for autopsy.

Further investigation into the matter is ongoing.