On Sunday, an accident involving a sleeper bus on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway in the Etawah region of Uttar Pradesh resulted in four fatalities, including a seven-year-old girl, and 42 injuries.
The PGI Hospital in Saifai has received all of the injured patients for medical attention.
“A sleeper bus en route to Ajmer from Gorakhpur with passengers met with an accident on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway under Saifai PS. 4 people were killed & about 42 who are seriously injured have been admitted to Saifai’s PGI Hospital,” said Additional District Magistrate (ADM).
The accident occurred this morning at 2:30 am on the sleeper bus traveling from Gorakhpur to Ajmer.
“At around, 2:30 am the sleeper bus collided with the truck. The bus hit the truck from behind. Four people including a seven-year-old girl died in the accident, Two bus drivers and two passengers are among the deceased. All the injured are admitted to the hospital,” said Jay Prakash Singh, Superintendent of police (SSP), Etawah.
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Yogi Adityanath, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, expressed sorrow for the deaths caused by a road accident in Etawah.
“UP CM Yogi Adityanath has expressed deep grief over the loss of lives in a road accident in district Etawah. While praying for peace to the soul of the departed, the Chief Minister has expressed condolences to the bereaved families,” the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said in a tweet.
The district administration authorities have been given instructions by the chief minister to treat the injured people properly and to wish them a quick recovery.
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