Five people were killed and three injured when a mini truck rammed into a stationary private double-decker bus on Agra-Lucknow Expressway under Magla Khangar police station in Firozabad on Tuesday morning.
According to the police, the private double-decker bus from Rajasthan was headed to Lucknow from Agra when it stopped due to a breakdown. The driver and conductor of the bus were fixing the bus when suddenly a truck rammed into the parked bus from behind. The collision was so severe that five persons died on the spot and several others were injured. It is alleged that the accident happened as the driver of the truck dozed off while driving the vehicle.
Truck driver Resham Thapa, a resident of Nepal, and truck operator Anand, both died in the accident. Apart from this, bus driver Ramsevak from Bihar's Darbhanga also died in the collision.
The two other unidentified deceased were passengers of the bus. The injured were taken to the Saifai Medical College hospital in Etawah district.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed grief over the deaths in the road accident in Firozabad. He directed the senior officers of the district to provide best medical treatment to the injured.
