4 killed, two dozen injured as bus falls into ditch in UP
Saturday - April 28, 2018 6:38 pm ,
Category : INDIA
Lucknow April 28 (IANS) Four persons were killed and over two dozen injured on Saturday when a private bus fell into a roadside ditch in Uttar Pradesh s Banda district police said.
The bus carrying 60 passengers was headed to Baberu from Banda when the accident took place on the Banda-Baberu road near the Murwal village.
District Magistrate D.P. Giri told IANS that prima facie the driver swerved the speeding vehicle in a bid to save a cyclist following which he lost control.
Baberu MLA Chandra Pal Kushwaha as well as senior district officials rushed to the spot to oversee rescue and relief operations.
--IANS
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