5 dead, over 30 injured as bus rams into tractor trolley on Agra-Lucknow Expressway

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Five people were killed and over 30 others were injured after a bus rammed into a tractor trolley on Agra-Lucknow Expressway in the Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh early on Saturday morning.

According to reports, the police said that the accident occurred after the driver of the Volvo bus lost control while trying to avoid a collision with the tractor trolley and turned turtle.

The bus was carrying passengers from Delhi to Bihar.

The injured have been taken to the Lucknow Trauma Centre for further treatment.

Frequent incidents of road accidents have been reported on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway.

On April 21, seven people were killed and 34 injured after a bus rammed into a truck along the Agra-Lucknow Expressway near Mainpuri, news agency ANI had reported.

Read | Seven killed, 34 injured after bus rams into truck on Agra-Lucknow Expressway

On April 11, eight people were killed and two others injured when a speeding Ertica car rammed into a truck on the Expressway in Fatehabad.