In a shocking incident, a bus collided head-on with a truck, leaving six people dead and 21 seriously injured in Rampur district, police said on Sunday.
Additional Superintendent of Police Sansar Singh said the accident took place late on Saturday night when the truck coming from Moradabad side collided with the bus coming from Shahjahanpur side.
“The head-on collision took place at a bypass in the Civil Lines area of the district and six people died on the spot while 21 others were seriously injured. The injured were admitted to the district hospital,” the SP said and added that bodies were sent for autopsy.
The deceased were identified as Shamimul Haq (35) of Shahjahanpur, Naseem Khan (52) and Abdul Wahid (50) of Saharanpur and Sakshi (26) of Shahjahanpur. The identity of two of the deceased was yet to be ascertained.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed grief over the loss of lives and directed the local administration to extend best medical care to those injured in the accident.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi also expressed his deepest condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in this accident.
Meanwhile, three persons were electrocuted to death in separate incidents.
In Amethi, a youth died on Sunday morning due to electrocution in Gauriganj police station area. According to the police, Arjun (20), a resident of Nagarwa town under Gauriganj police station, had gone towards the farm on Sunday morning and at the same time he came in contact with a live electric wire and was electrocuted to death.
SHO of Gauriganj, Angad Singh, said that the police had sent the body for post-mortem and had started an investigation.
In Bahraich district, two youths died after coming in contact with a high tension wire. Both had gone to work in the field on Sunday morning. During this, a high tension wire fell over them and they were electrocuted.
Reports said that Mukeem was plowing his field with a tractor on Sunday morning in Narayanpur hamlet of Makolia, when he and Iddu, who came to save him, were electrocuted to death.
A case was registered and bodies were sent for autopsy.