In a tragic incident, three people, including a brother-sister duo, were killed when two school buses collided head-on on Shahpur-Muzaffarnagar road in Muzaffarnagar district on Thursday.
The accident occurred when a school bus from Rabindranath Tagore School and another one of GD Goenka School collided head-on because of low visibility due to fog. Ten students along with a driver were injured in the incident. While four students and the driver were admitted to Meerut Medical College with serious injuries, the others were being treated at District Hospital. Some other students of Rabindranath Tagore School and GD Goenka School also suffered minor injuries. They were given first aid and handed over to their parents. It was subsequently confirmed that the two students killed in the mishap were Sameer (15) and his sister Maha (12) of Dadhedu village of Charthawal. It later surfaced that one of the buses was registered in Haryana and its permit had expired.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed grief over the incident and directed officials to ensure proper treatment for the injured persons.
Meanwhile in another accident on Agra-Lucknow Expressway, two people died after a bus rammed into a stationary dumper on Wednesday night. The deceased included the driver of the dumper and an employee of the company. Traffic came to a standstill for some time after the accident on the busy Expressway.
As per reports, the dumper developed a technical snag near Chaubia area of Etawah after which its driver Virendra Singh of Pachokhara Datia in Madhya Pradesh was repairing it. A crane was standing nearby, from which the dumper had to be pulled to the side. The dumper cleaner Sher Singh of Saurikh area in Kannauj was also helping the driver.
Meanwhile, a speeding private bus coming from behind suddenly rammed into the dumper killing both the driver and cleaner. On being informed, the police rushed to the spot and separated the dumper and the bus. A bus passenger bus suffered minor injuries. Later the bus passengers were been sent to their destination by other vehicles. Families of the deceased have been informed and their bodies were sent for autopsy.