After a SUV plunged into a canal in Mathura killing nine occupants, including eight of a family, a similar mishap was reported at Jaunpur as eight persons lost their lives while 30 others were injured when a UP Road Transport bus fell into a watery ditch in Sikrara area on Wednesday.
Senior officers reached the spot and launched a massive rescue operation to save the victims and ensuring medicare to them. The injured were shifted to district hospital while the critically injured were shifted to Medical College in Varanasi. A case was registered in this regard and investigations were on.
The driver of a UP Road Transport bus (UP70CT-8149) headingto Azamgarh from Allahabad, lost control over the wheeels due to overspeeding and hurtled into a watery ditch after breaking the railing of Bargudar Pul in Sikrara police station around 1.30 pm on Jaunpur-Rae Bareli national highway.
DM of Jaunpur, Sarvagyaram Mishra said that while four passengers died on the spot, four others succumbed on way to hospital. Besides 30 passengers were injured in the accident and were shifted to hospital. The DM has ordered a probe to look into the reasons leading to the mishap.
Meanwhile in Pratapgarh, five policemen were injured
when their patrol jeep overturned near Naya Ka Purva village late on Tuesday night.
As per reports, a patrol vehicle hit a tree and overturned in the lalganj police station area as the driver lost focus probably due to sleep. Four of the five injured cops were admitted to lalganj Community Health Centre. Sub-Inspector Gaya Prasad, whose condition was serious, was referred by doctors to a hospital in Allahabad for treatment.