UP: Six including child killed as bus falls into ditch

Six persons including a child were killed and 21 others were injured when a bus fell into a roadside ditch on Lucknow-Agra expressway in Nagla Khangar area here Wednesday morning, police said. Around 21 others sustained injuries and were taken to a nearby hospital for medical treatment, added the officer.

Six persons including a child were killed and 21 others were injured when a bus fell into a roadside ditch on Lucknow-Agra expressway in Nagla Khangar area here Wednesday morning, police said. ''A passenger bus heading to Raebareli from Ludhiana met with an accident on Wednesday morning. A team of local police was rushed to the spot to undertake rescue work,'' Superintendent of Police (Rural) Ranvijay Singh said.

''Six passengers of the bus including a woman and a child were killed in the mishap. Around 21 others sustained injuries and were taken to a nearby hospital for medical treatment,'' added the officer. The bodies have been sent for postmortem examination and the identities of the deceased are being ascertained, he added.