Aligarh (UP): Five people including a five-month-old baby and three women were killed and several injured when a bus collided with the truck on Yamuna Expressway here, police said on Thursday. The incident took place on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday when the vehicles were passing through the Tappal area of the district, they said.
An injured passenger told reporters that the privately operated bus was en route to Azamgarh in eastern Uttar Pradesh from Delhi's Kashmere Gate. The front part of the bus has been badly damaged in the accident.
थाना टप्पल क्षेत्रांतर्गत गतरात्रि बस व ट्रक में एक्सीडेंट की सूचना पर पुलिस द्वारा तत्काल मौके पर पहुँचकर राहत एवं बचाव कार्य करते हुए 15 घायलों को उपचार हेतु अस्पताल में भर्ती कराया गया । 05 मृतकों के शवों को पोस्टमार्टम हेतु मोर्चरी भेजा गया । वैधानिक कार्यवाही प्रचलित की गई ।… pic.twitter.com/1jJB0Q1ouG
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The truck involved in the collision was carrying glass items, the man added.
Police said it reached the spot immediately on receiving information about the accident and carried out relief and rescue operations. It added that they are investigating the incident.
"Police sent the injured to the hospital for treatment. The bodies of five deceased were sent for post-mortem," Aligarh Police said in a brief statement on X. Police said legal proceedings were initiated in the case and normal traffic was resumed on the Yamuna Expressway carriageway where the accident took place.
The bodies trapped inside the bus were taken out with great difficulty after the accident. Authorities have identified three bodies, and are working to determine the identities of the other two. (With agency inputs).
