Hathras: Double-decker bus rams into stationary truck; 2 dead, 16 injured

CM Yogi directed the officials to ensure proper treatment for injured people in this accident.

New Delhi: Day after a tragic road accident in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh which claimed 18 lives, another double-decker bus rammed into a truck in Hathras. The accident took two lives. It is being reported that accident took place due the negligence of bus driver as he rammed the bus into a parked truck on the road side.

Following a road accident in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras district which claimed two lives and left around 16 injured, state Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday took cognizance of the incident.

CM Yogi directed the officials to ensure proper treatment for injured people in this accident. The information was shared by an official statement from the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said.

Double Decker bus rams into stationary truck
In the Toli village under the Sikandara Rao police station limits in Hathras, a double-decker bus rammed into a truck parked on the roadside due to the negligence of the bus driver which claimed two lives leaving around 16 injured, said Ashish Kumar, District Magistrate (DM), Hathras.


Upon receiving the information, Hathras Superintendent of Police (SP) Nipun Aggarwal along with the police officials rushed to the spot and carried out a rescue operation. The injured were admitted to a hospital.


Meanwhile, CM Yogi Adityanath has expressed grief over the loss of lives. He has directed the officials to accelerate the rescue task of the injured, the statement from the CMO mentioned.

Unnao Road Accident

Earlier on Wednesday, a double-decker bus collided with a milk van, claiming 18 lives and leaving 19 injured in the Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh.

The tragic incident occurred at 5:15 a.m. on Thursday when a double-decker sleeper bus travelling from Motihari, Bihar to Delhi hit a milk tanker from behind on the Agra-Lucknow expressway near Gadha village in the Behta Munjawar Police Station area.

18 people were killed in the accident, 19 were injured. Six of the injured were referred to Lucknow, while the rest were taken to the District Hospital in Unnao for better treatment, according to the officials.