AGRA: Seven students were crushed to death after a UP Roadways bus ran over them on the Lucknow-Agra Expressway near Uttar Pradesh’s Kannauj on Monday. Three more students are in a critical condition and have been rushed to the hospital.
The incident took place at around 4am in the morning.
The driver fled the scene of the accident, driving away the bus and is still absconding.
The students of BTC, all aged around 20, were on their way to Haridwar when the incident took place. Few of them got off the bus to transfer diesel to another bus when the speeding UP roadways bus crushed them.
According to emerging reports, one of the teachers is also dead. This is yet to be confirmed by authorities.
State Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has announced Rs 2 lakh each for the kin of those killed in the bus accident and Rs 50,000 for those injured.
Prasanta Patnaik