Bus,truck collide due to fog in UP; 10 dead

MORADABAD, UTTAR PRADESH: At least 10 people were killed and around a dozen were injured when a private bus collided with a truck on the Moradabad-Agra Highway in Uttar Pradesh this morning owing to poor visibility due to dense fog, an official said.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed grief and announced a financial assistance of Rs 2 lakh for the family of those who died and Rs 50,000 for those injured.

Top police and administration officials including District Magistrate Rakesh Kumar Singh and Senior Superintendent of Police Prabhakar Chaudhary have reached the spot.

The accident took place at around 8 am on the Nanpur-Chandausi stretch of the highway near Manpur village under Kundarki Police Station area in Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad, Singh said.

Rescue operation is being carried out and the injured have been admitted to a government hospital in the vicinity, Singh said. The bodies have been sent for a forensic examination, he added.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has deeply mourned the death of the people in the road accident in Moradabad. He has expressed his condolences to the bereaved families, praying for the peace of departed souls, the Chief Minister’s Office tweeted.

Meanwhile, six people including three women were killed after a lorry and auto-rickshaw collided head on here at Gudur mandal of Mahabubabad district on Friday. The accident is suspected to have taken place due to reckless driving.