Lucknow, Sept. 11 -- An Uttar Pradesh Roadways bus coming from Hardoi collided with a water tanker on Thursday night, and overturned in the Kakori area, resulting in the death of five passengers and injuries to at least 20 others.
According to reports, the bus collided with a water tanker and plunged into a 20-foot-deep ditch on Thursday night.
The injured have been rushed to the Community Health Center (CHC) in Kakori by local police and emergency services. Among the victims are also three motorcyclists who came under the bus as it overturned.
District Magistrate Vishak G and the Joint Commissioner of Police arrived at the scene to supervise the rescue efforts.
Local residents said that road construction work was underway in the area, ...