Road Accident: 1 dead as bus overturns on Agra-Lucknow Expressway

DN Bureau

A 40-year-old man died and at least 50 people were injured when a bus overturned after hitting a culvert on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao district on Thursday, police said.

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Unnao: A 40-year-old man died and at least 50 people were injured when a bus overturned after hitting a culvert on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao district on Thursday, police said.

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There were around 80 passengers in the double-decker bus that was on its way to Gorakhpur from Anand Vihar in Delhi. The mishap occurred when the driver tried to overtake a truck and hit a culvert near Jogi Cote village under Behtamaujawar police station area early in the morning, an officer said.

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The deceased has been identified as Jogi, a resident of Gorakhpur. The injured were rushed to a community health centre, Bangarmau Circle Officer Gaurav Tripathi said.(PTI)










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