On Tuesday, Yogi Adityanath, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, sent his sympathies to the families of those who lost their lives in an accident involving a school bus and a car on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway.
“The Chief Minister expressed his profound sadness for the deaths caused by the traffic disaster. The CM has sent condolences to the grieving family members and wished the deceased souls peace, according to the CMO’s office. The statement further said that the Chief Minister has ordered district administration authorities to give the injured due care and wished them a speedy recovery. At least six people died in a collision between a school bus and a car on the Delhi Meerut Expressway on Tuesday morning, the police said.
According to the police, the school bus was empty and was reportedly coming from the wrong direction.
“A school bus and a TUV met with an accident on the Delhi Meerut Expressway at 6.00 am today. The bus driver was coming from the wrong direction after filling CNG from Delhi near Ghazipur. The people in the car were coming from Meerut and had to go to Gurgaon. There was a head-on collision. 6 persons died and 2 are seriously injured. The driver of the bus has been caught. The entire fault was of the bus driver who was coming from the wrong direction,” Ramanand Kushwaha ADCP Traffic Police told ANI.
The ADCP further said that the deceased include two children and the injured are being treated.
“The dead include 2 children. Women and men are also included. 2 people are injured and are being treated in the hospital. There were 8 people in the car. The bus belongs to Bal Bharti School Bus which is in Noida”, ADCP Kushwaha said.