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Four killed in bus-truck crash in UP

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IANS Lucknow

Four persons were killed and over three dozen seriously injured on Tuesday when a passenger bus rammed into a mini-truck in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich town, police said.

The accident took place around 4 a.m. on the Nation al Highway 28C when the bus carrying passengers from Butwal in Nepal was headed to Delhi. The packed bus was overspeeding, according to an eye witness.

A police official told IANS that the bus was severely damaged in the collision.

Eight of the injured persons were said to be in critical condition, the official added.

--IANS

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First Published: Jul 12 2016 | 12:20 PM IST

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