Uttar Pradesh: At least 11 folks died and 10 had been injured after a truck turned turtle on high of a bus carrying devotees to Uttarakhand on Saturday late at evening, mentioned police.According to the police the incident occurred below Khutar police station in Shahjahanpur district when a truck loaded with ballast stones hit the parked bus at a roadside dhaba and overturned on it, crushing the devotees to loss of life.
All the devotees touring within the bus had been residents of Jetha village positioned in Kamlapur police station space of Sitapur district.
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Ashok Kumar Meena, SP, Shahjahanpur mentioned, “Around 11 pm, we got the information that in the Khutar PS area, a bus was parked, devotees who were going to Purnagiri were sitting inside the bus and some devotees were having food at a Dhaba. A truck lost control and turned turtle on top of the bus…total 11 people died and 10 were injured. All injured have been admitted to hospitals…”.
About The IncidentÂ
The bus had stopped on the Rishi dhaba with about forty-five folks on board. While the opposite passengers selected to stay within the bus, the opposite half bought all the way down to eat dinner. The majority of them had been youngsters and girls. A dumper truck approaching from the opposite path misplaced its steadiness and collided with the bus at roughly 11:10 p.m. There was a disturbance on the dhaba shortly after the accident. From the bus got here the sounds of passengers begging for help.Â
