The double-decker bus with about 50 passengers on board was heading to Delhi from Lucknow.
Police personnel take an injured to the hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Kannauj district on June 11, 2018. Seven students were killed and two others critically injured on Monday (Photo: IANS)
At least 29 people were killed and dozens injured after a passenger bus fell into a gorge on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway in the early hours on Monday.
The bus, after hitting the divider, fell into the 40-feet-deep gap between two flyovers on the Yamuna Expressway near Milestone 161 (Jharna nallah) under Etmadpur police jurisdiction of Agra district at around 4.15 a.m.
The double-decker bus with about 50 passengers on board was heading to Delhi from Lucknow.
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According to Major (retired) Manish Singh, in- charge coordinator of Yamuna expressway, “It seems the bus driver of the UPSRTC Jan Rath fell asleep on the wheel, breaking the divider and taking the bus into a 40-feet shallow gap between two flyovers of Yamuna expressway.
Senior superintendent of police, Agra, Babloo Kumar said, “Our teams are engaged in a rescue operation. As of now, 29 casualties have been reported. The injured have been shifted to the hospital”.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh each for the victims’ kin while expressing his grief over the tragedy.
He also instructed officials to expedite rescue and relief work at the spot.
“The proper treatment should be provided to the injured” CM added.
Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police O.P. Singh has directed the officials to carry out relief and rescue work. All senior officials have reached the accident site.
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