17 killed as Bus Collides in India’s Kanpur
Desk Report
Published: 09 Jun 2021, 04:59 pm
A bus traveling collided with a three-wheeler light carriage truck at Sachendi locality in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur of India. || Photo: Collected
Seventeen people were killed and around 20 sustained injuries when a bus they were traveling in collided with a three-wheeler light carriage truck at Sachendi locality in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur of India on Tuesday. The injured have been taken to the Lala Lajpat Rai Hospital, said police.
Kanpur Outer’s superintendent of police Ashtbhuja Prasad Singh said a speeding bus hit a loader, which fell on the other side of the highway, while the bus overturned and fell into a ditch. Inspector General (Kanpur) Mohit Aggarwal said while 16 were brought dead to the hospital, one died during treatment.
The collision was so strong that almost all passengers of the bus got trapped and sustained serious injuries, the SP said.
Source: Hindustan Times