KANPUR: The driver of a private Volvo sleeper tourist bus was killed while 60 passengers were injured after the bus turned turtle and fell into a ditch on Agra-Lucknow Expressway near Machaiya village under the limits of Taalgram police station in Kannauj district on Wednesday.
The police said they received a call at around 7 am that a bus has overturned and fell into a deep ditch near 176 mile stone at Machaiya village after which UPIEDA personnel and a police team from Taalgram police station rushed to the spot and launched a rescue operation.
The bus was carrying 60 passengers, besides the conductor and driver on board.
Bus driver Manjeet Singh, a native of Fatehgarh Sahib district in Punjab, died following critical injuries, said SHO Taalgram Swadesh Yadav.
The bus was heading towards Delhi from Bihar, Yadav further said and added, “Injured passengers have been admitted to Tirwa Medical college, while family members of the deceased bus driver were informed about the tragedy. After primary treatment, the bus passengers were later transferred in other bus and it later left for it’s onward journey.”
“It seems that the bus driver dozed off and further lost control over vehicle. Further investigations are underway in this regard,” he said.