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7 killed, 25 injured in bus-car collision in UP's Etawah

The driver of the car, who had been coming from Lucknow and going to Agra, must have fallen asleep and entered the wrong lane, police said.

August 04, 2024 / 10:10 IST
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7 killed, 25 injured in bus-car collision in UP's Etawah
7 killed, 25 injured in bus-car collision in UP's Etawah

Seven people were killed and 25 injured in the wee hours on August 4 when the bus they were on overturned on the Lucknow-Agra Expressway in Etawah's Usrahar area.

Superintendent of Police Sanjay Kumar told reporters that a bus with Nagaland number plate was on its way to Delhi from Rae Bareli, when at around 12.45 am it collided with a car coming from the wrong lane, as per news agency PTI.

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The driver of the car, who had been coming from Lucknow and going to Agra, must have fallen asleep and entered the wrong lane, Kumar added.

The collision sent the bus careening into a roadside ditch. The injured, one of them critical, have been admitted to a hospital, police said.