NEW DELHI — At least eight people, including one woman and seven men, died and 19 others were injured in a road accident between a private bus and a water tanker on an expressway in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh on Friday, confirmed a senior cop over the phone.
The mishap occurred in the Kannauj district on an expressway connecting Uttar Pradesh’s capital city Lucknow and Delhi.
The passenger bus was running from Lucknow towards the national capital, when it rammed into the water tanker from behind and toppled, resulting in human casualties. Some of the passengers were trapped under the bus, said the cop.
According to him, the injured were admitted to a local hospital. The cause of the accident couldn’t be known yet.
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