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Tragic Bus Accident on Lucknow-Agra Expressway Claims Six Lives
Police said the driver allegedly dozed off, causing the bus to overturn and eject passengers through the windows.
- Early Tuesday, a double-decker AC bus overturned on the Lucknow-Agra Expressway in Unnao district after striking the divider, killing six people including a police sub-inspector and injuring 21 others.
- Eyewitnesses reported the bus was traveling at high speed before suddenly colliding with the divider; preliminary investigations suggest the driver may have dozed off at the wheel.
- Among the six deceased were Sub-Inspector Ramchandra and prisoner Chhatrapal, who had been returning from Siwan when the accident occurred at kilometre 262 of the expressway in the Auras police station area.
- Police and rescue teams immediately transported the injured to nearby hospitals, with critically injured passengers referred to Lucknow's Trauma Centre and others treated at district hospitals.
- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath called the loss of lives "extremely heartbreaking and soul-wrenching" and instructed authorities to provide adequate compensation to victims and their families.
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CM Yogi Adityanath expresses grief over Unnao road accident on Lucknow-Agra Expressway
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday expressed grief over the loss of lives in the tragic road accident on the Lucknow-Agra Expressway in Unnao district, calling the incident "heartbreaking and soul-wrenching," and extended condolences to the bereaved families.
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