AGRA, Dec. 16 -- Confirming 13 deaths in the tragic multi-vehicle accident on the Yamuna Expressway in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura early on Tuesday in which several vehicles caught fire, commissioner, Agra division, Shailendra Kumar Singh said the toll was likely to rise as many bodies had been charred beyond recognition. He further said 70 people who suffered injuries in the mishap were mostly stable and undergoing treatment at a 100-bedded hospital in Vrindavan and at the Mathura district hospital.

"It has been revealed that it all began with collision between a car and bus amidst dense fog. Exact reasons are yet to be assigned but it seems that CNG car caught fire because of collision which spread to other vehicles and eight buses, includ...