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Driver asleep at wheel causes deadly bus accident in Uttar Pradesh; 6 killed

Driver asleep at wheel causes deadly bus accident in Uttar Pradesh; 6 killed

Six people, including a police sub-inspector, were killed and 21 others injured when a double-decker AC bus overturned on the Lucknow-Agra Expressway in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao district early Tuesday, police said. The accident took place at 5.15 am near Nibha Kheda village when the bus, travelling from Delhi to Bihar with around 50 passengers on board, went out of control and overturned, they said.  Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Scores Of Cars Run Over Body On Expressway, Shovel Used To Scrape Tarmac

Police had to use a shovel to scrape bits of body from the tarmac Lucknow: In a disturbing incident on an expressway in Uttar Pradesh’s Agra, a body was run over by multiple cars, through the night, until it had to be scraped off the surface. Pieces of the body were smeared on to the tarmac, crushed under wheels, requiring the police to use a shovel to collect body parts spread across a 500-metre stretch. Only an intact finger could be recovered by the police. They now hope that the fingerprint will help the forensic team to identify the victim. Shocking visuals from the spot also show a shoe, apparently belonging to the victim. While it is not clear how long the body was abandoned on the expressway and why the vehicles did not steer clear of it, dense fog conditions in north India may have prevented drivers from seeing clearly. Also, the average speed of cars on expressways is about a 100 km per hour and it is risky to make sudden manoeuvres at …