At least seven occupants of a vehicle were killed after it collided head-on with a private bus in Rajgarh district on Friday, police said.
Seven people, including two women and a girl, were killed while another suffered grave injuries when their vehicle collided head-on with a private passenger bus on Dhanora culvert about six km ahead of Sarangpur in the wee hours on Friday.
The incident took place at Agra- Bombay road near Sarangpur of Rajgarh district between 3 and 4 am.
Police sources said the vehicle, carrying eight people of a family said to be their own business in Mumbai -- was moving towards lucknow form Mumbai to attend a family event in their ancestral village in Pratapgarh district. The bus was headed to Indore.
The deceased includes two women, a girl child and four males, all residents of Firozabad in Uttar Pradesh, said police. Seven occupants of the car died on the spot while one person was seriously injured, Sarangpur Police Station Inspector Narendra Singh Raghuwanshi said. The deceased were identified as Mariam (10), Sabdar (35), Husna Bee (45), Dr Yusuf (50), Haidar Nazmi (60) and Mehfuz (70) and another person, yet to be identified.
The critically injured was referred to Indore for further treatment. The bus driver fled soon after the incident and a case has been registered against the absconding bus driver. A long queue of vehicles was seen on the Agra-Mumbai National Highway soon after the accident.