Road accident leaves 19 injured, 3 of them seriously in UP

Nineteen people were injured, three seriously, after a minibus they were traveling in collided with a truck at Nichlual area here Sunday, police said.

The incident took place at around 11 am on Nichlual-Thothibari road when the minibus was on its way to Maharajganj, they said.

The bus collided head-on with the truck after the driver lost control over the vehicle due to some mechanical failure and went on the wrong side of the road, Superintendent of Police RP Singh said.

The injured were rushed to the hospital, where the condition of the three was serious.