Thirteen people were killed and 31 seriously injured as the private bus in which they were travelling collided with a truck on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway in Firozabad district of Uttar Pradesh, a senior police official said on Thursday.
Senior Superintendent of Police Sachindra Patel said the accident happened around 10 pm on Wednesday in Nagla Khangar police station area.
The sleeper bus was going from Delhi to Motihari in Bihar when it hit the container truck from behind.
The injured, some of whom are in a critical condition, have been sent to a Saifai hospital in Etawah for treatment.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled