Lakhimpur Kheri (Uttar Pradesh):At least five people including a child, were killed and sevenothers injured, during a collision between a Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) bus and vehicle on the Lakhimpur-Bahraich road in the Lakhimpur Kheri district on Sunday, police said.
A senior police official said that the mishap occurred near the Rabahi bridge. "There was a head-on collision between the UPSRTC bus and vehicle. The impact of the collision was so severe that both the bus and the vehicle fell into a roadside ditch. Four people were killed on the spot while seven others sustained injuries," the senior police official added.
"The injured were rushed to a nearby hospital. A case under relevant sections of the IPC and the Motor Vehicles Act will be registered in this connection. The bodies have been sent to a government hospital and will be handed over to the kin once all the formalities are complete," the senior police official said, adding the Lakhimpur Police are probing the matter.