Five killed, over a dozen hurt as two buses collide in Aligarh

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Five people were killed in collision of two buses near Lodha Karsua town of Aligarh on Saturday afternoon, while more than a dozen people were injured. Police reached on the information and admitted the injured to the hospital with the help of local people.

According to eyewitnesses, at about 12.30 pm on Saturday, the bus of Haryana Ballabhgarh depot was going from Aligarh to Ballabhgarh  and as soon as it reached the village Karsua, the front wheel of the bus got bursted and the bus moved to the other side being uncontrolled. The police were informed about the accident and and they reached the spot with force of three police stations and the ambulance. Meanwhile, a bus coming from the front of Palwal hit into the bus. The collision was so horrific that the front of the bus was badly damaged. Hearing the noise, the villagers also ran.

Tempo overturns on Anoopshahar Road, three dead, 31 injured.

Three people were killed, while 31 people were injured when a Tempo overturned in a pit on late Friday evening on Anoopshahar Road in Jawan police station area. These people were returning from Rajghat after immersing the remains in the Ganges. On receiving the news, the police have admitted the injured to different hospitals in Aligarh. All three bodies have been sent for post-mortem.

 Rajaram (75) died 13 days ago in Nagla Kalar of Bannadevi area of ??the city. On Friday, on the 14th day, 34 members of the family and kinship went to Rajghat to immerse the bones by a loader tempo. The Tempo driver himself rescued himself from the truck coming from the front on the bypass between the CDF and Jawan while returning, Meanwhile another vehicle arrived from the front overtaking the truck.

The tempo driver lost control and overturned into the pit near the road.  The police and ambulance reached on the news. The injured trapped in it were sent to Deendayal Joint Hospital, District Hospital. Rajaram's son Darshan (40), his brother-in-law Bhagwandas alias Kalua (65), Kusma Devi (55), daughter-in-law of Delhi's Seemapur resident, were declared dead in the district hospital. The rest of the injured are undergoing treatment, the condition of the two injured remains critical.

In the accident in Jawan area, the injured are being treated by starting immediate relief and rescue operations. The deaths of three people have been confirmed at the level of doctors.

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