Near Mataria Toll Plaza on Lucknow-Agra Expressway, at around 11:30 pm on Saturday night, a high-speed sleeper bus going from Gorakhpur to Delhi collided with a tar-laden tanker running ahead. The bus went out of control and overturned. There was screaming among the passengers due to the accident. Twenty passengers were injured in the accident. Nine more injured were sent to Auras CHC. Later, as the condition of two became critical, they were referred to Lucknow. Due to the accident, traffic was disrupted for about half an hour.
The sleeper bus carrying 50 passengers from Gorakhpur was going to Delhi on Saturday night. While overtaking the container moving ahead near Mataria Toll Plaza on the expressway, it collided with it and went out of control and overturned. After the accident, the drivers and associates of both the vehicles fled. On receiving information from the patrol team, police and UPDA rescue team arrived and rescued the passengers trapped in the bus.
Nine seriously injured passengers were sent to Auras CHC by ambulance. While the rescue team of others applied bandages. Since their condition was serious, two injured were referred from CHC to Lokbandhu Hospital in Lucknow. The tanker was filled with coal tar (asphalt). Kotwal Sharad Kumar said that nine passengers had suffered serious injuries. Two have been referred, while one passenger has been discharged from the CHC. Others are undergoing treatment.
This passenger got injured
Mukesh Yadav (24) resident of Pura Bazar Ayodhya, Sania (18) Ayodhya, Shabira (38) Ayodhya, Nitin Pandey (18) Malavan Basti, Qutubuddin (40) Maharajganj and Himanshu (19) resident Siwan Bihar. In this, Shabira and Qutubuddin were referred to Lucknow.