Bus rams into truck on Yamuna Expressway, three killed

Police said the front portion of the bus was completely damaged in the accident and the devotees sitting in the front suffered serious injuries. The deceased were identified as Manak Chandra 55, resident of Ram Nagar, Shahdara, Subhash Chandra Sharma 60 , resident of Mansarovar Park, Shahdara, and Harpal Singh, resident of Gubari, district Hathras.

Three pilgrims were killed and 36 others injured when a bus carrying 60 people rammed into a truck on the Yamuna Expressway here, police said on Wednesday.

Superintendent of Police (Rural), Shrish Chandra, said the accident took place near Bajna on Tuesday night when the bus carrying pilgrims from the Shahdara area of Delhi rammed into a truck laden with building material from behind.

The bus passengers were returning after offering prayers in Vrindavan. Police said the front portion of the bus was completely damaged in the accident and the devotees sitting in the front suffered serious injuries. The deceased were identified as Manak Chandra (55), resident of Ram Nagar, Shahdara, Subhash Chandra Sharma (60), and resident of Mansarovar Park, Shahdara, and Harpal Singh, resident of Gubari, district Hathras. The injured have been admitted to various hospitals where the condition of six was stated to be critical, police said, adding the bodies have been sent for postmortem.

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