Five people, including a seven-year-old girl, were killed and 42 others were injured after a sleeper bus in which they were traveling met with an accident on Agra-Lucknow Expressway in Etawah district in the wee hours of Sunday.
All the injured were admitted to Saifai’s Post-graduate Institute of Medical Sciences for treatment where the condition of three of them was stated to be critical.
“A sleeper bus en route to Ajmer from Gorakhpur with passengers met with an accident on Agra-Lucknow Expressway under Saifai police stations. Five people were killed and about 42 who are seriously injured have been admitted to Saifai’s PGI hospital,” the additional district magistrate said.
“At around 2:30 am the sleeper bus collided with a truck. The bus hit the truck from behind. Five people, including a seven-year-old girl, died in the accident. Two bus drivers and two passengers were among the deceased. All the injured have been admitted to hospital,” said Senior Superintendent of Police of Etawah, Jay Prakash Singh.
The deceased were identified as Shreya alias Yasi (7) of Agra, bus driver Amid Ali (35) of Bhurikeshwar Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan, co-driver Sumer Singh Gurjar (52) of Parthik Nagar Gurjar Colony Kalwar Road Jaipur, Sonu Chaturvedi (30) of Raghuvanshi Karauli, Rajasthan and Bhagwati Prasad (60) of Sant Kabir Nagar.
The injured admitted in Saifai were identified as Anurag Verma (27), Yadunath Verma (59), Indra Singh (52), Khatulwani (59), Iqbal (30), Jitendra (33), Ravi Shankar (25), Afsana (25), Bhanwarlal (48), Saurabh Kumar (27), Sanjay Kumar (32), Vinita Yadav (25), Raghuveer Singh (28), Anil Hooda (23), Bhavani Singh (26), Ankur (12), Jagir (30), Anil Ram (60), Jitendra Verma (33), Nanuram (21), Lal Jat (24), Ganesh (40), Rajveer (45), Divansh Tripathi (23), Naveen (40), Sapna (30), Girendra (25), Adesh (10), Bhagwan (25), Pawan (20) and Prabandar (28), both brothers, Shyamveer (38), Prem Chandra (24), Brijendra Jagir (55), Atul (35), Rajiv (35), Asuresh Kumar (31), Pravendra (18), Aarti (35), Vimla Kumawat (30), Rakesh Kumawat (35) and Preeti (3).
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed grief over the loss of lives in the road accident in Etawah.
“UP CM Yogi Adityanath has expressed deep grief over the loss of lives in a road accident in district Etawah. While praying for peace to the soul of the departed, the chief minister has expressed condolences to the bereaved families,” the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said in a tweet.
The chief minister has instructed the district administration officials to provide proper treatment to the injured and also wished for their speedy recovery.