KANPUR: As many as 7 people died and 44 were injured in an accident between truck and roadways on Kanpur-Allahabad highway on Sunday. As the moving truck laden with cement lost its control owing to bursting of its tyre suddenly it collided with a roadways bus of Fatehpur depot approaching from an opposite direction.
The mishap occurred near Mohar village of Chaudagra in Fatehpur. A gypsy car was also crushed herewith.
According to available reports, a total of 60 passengers were riding on the bus. About 44 passengers were reported to have been injured and 15 were seriously injured. A large number of the police force from several police stations reached on the spot. Injured passengers were sent to the hospital. The bus was moving towards Prayagraj.