New Delhi: At least 20 people were injured on Saturday after an Uttar Pradesh Roadways bus crashed into a tree in South-East Delhi's Sukhdev Vihar area at the New Friends Colony in Delhi.
At about 3:22 am, a call about the accident near Sukhdev Vihar was received in Police station NFC. The police team rushed to the spot immediately. PCR and CATS ambulances also reached on the spot. All the injured persons have been shifted to the Trauma Centre of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), a source from the Delhi Police informed.
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"A UP roadways bus collided with a tree on Mathura road opposite CRRI office, near CNG pump. The bus was coming from Bah, Agra and en route to ISBT Sarai Kale Khan. Many people were injured," said R.P. Meena, DCP South-East Delhi.
A case of accident has been registered and the investigation is in progress.
"The driver of the bus is at large. The Agra depot officials have been informed in this regard," the officer added.
(With agency inputs)
