Bus Falls Into Ditch In UP; 6 Died, 21 Injured

Injured taken to a nearby hospital for treatment…

Firozabad, UP: On Wednesday morning, Six people, including a one-year-old boy, died and 21 were injured when a bus fell into a roadside ditch on the Lucknow-Agra expressway in the Nagla Khangar area, police said.

"A passenger bus heading to Raebareli from Ludhiana met with an accident on Wednesday morning. A team of local police officials was rushed to the spot to undertake rescue work," Superintendent of Police (Rural) Ranvijay Singh said.

"Six passengers of the bus, including a woman and a child, were killed in the massive accident. Around 21 others sustained injuries and were taken to a nearby hospital for medical treatment," he added.

Four of the dead were identified as Reena aged 22, her one-year-old son Ayansh, and Rajesh aged 25 of Fatehpur district and Sant Lal aged 70 of Kaushambi district, the police added.

The bodies have been sent for a post-mortem examination and the identities of the other two deceased are being ascertained, he then added.