UPSRTC bus collides with truck, 5 killed
Jaunpur, 13 Aug (HS): Five passengers died and many were injured in a collision between a roadways bus and a truck late on Tuesday night at the turn of Gurani Bazaar located in Khetasarai police station area in Jaunpur district of Utta
District Magistrate Dr. Dinesh Singh and Superintendent of Police Dr. Kaustubh reached the district hospital


Jaunpur, 13 Aug

(HS): Five passengers died and many were injured in a collision between a roadways

bus and a truck late on Tuesday night at the turn of Gurani Bazaar located in

Khetasarai police station area in Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh. Seven of

these seriously injured are being treated at the district hospital. One has

been referred to Varanasi Trauma Center. District Magistrate Dr. Dinesh Singh

and Superintendent of Police Dr. Kaustubh reached the district hospital. They

enquired about the condition of the injured and directed the doctors to provide

proper treatment. The District Magistrate confirmed the accident and said that

a roadways bus was going from Varanasi to Shahganj. The bus was going in the

wrong direction and suddenly collided with a truck. Five people died in the

incident, including two men, a woman and a child. Another person died in the

hospital during treatment.

Police have

identified one of the deceased as Devi Prasad (32) son of Harihar Prasad,

resident of Pataila Khuthan. The rest are being identified. The injured include

Manoj Kumar son of Ramchandra Gurani Khetasarai, Saraswati wife of Manoj,

resident of Guni Khetasarai, Usha Devi wife of Harishchandra, resident of

Arora, Azamgarh, Harishchandra son of late Rambachan Sharma, resident of Azamgarh,

Pradeep Mishra son of Shrinarayan Mishra, resident of Khuthan, Shahganj,

Ravindra Kumar son of Vishram Shahganj, Sarita wife of Ramesh, resident of

Mehndipur Shahganj, Raj son of Manoj, resident of Gurani Khetasarai, Vinod

Saroj son of Chhotelal, resident of Khuthan, Etmadpur, Bhole son of

Satyanarayan, resident of Motihari, Bihar, Chandan son of Harishchandra,

resident of Rudauli, Sunny Kumar Sahu, son of Kamala Prasad Sahu, resident of

Khetasarai, Rampal son of Balraj, resident of Godna, Khetasarai, Suno son of

Rampalat, resident of Godna, Ravindra Prasad son of Badri Prasad, resident of

Godna, Ashok Saket son of Lal Chandra, resident of Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, Jeetu

son of Chhotelal, resident of Rewa, Madhya Pradesh.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi


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