In an unfortunate incident, a tragic accident between a school bus and a car on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway in Ghaziabad claimed at least 6 lives on Tuesday. The School bus & car collision video is now going viral on social media. Many users on social media are querying about the well-being of children in the school and also about the people inside the car. Going by the video, the school bus was coming from the wrong direction and this ultimately led to the horrific accident. As per reports, the driver of the school bus has been arrested for driving in the wrong direction. In the horrific accident on Delhi-Meerut Expressway, Police officials informed that the TUV had eight passengers, six of whom are dead, and two are in critical condition.
The Police officials known to the developments were quoted saying that the accident occurred when a bus collided with a car. Sadly, an eight-year-old child, who was also involved in the accident, was critically injured and immediately rushed to a hospital for medical attention. , Ramanand Kushwaha, ADCP Traffic Police was quoted by a newswire saying, “A school bus and a TUV met with an accident on the Delhi Meerut Expressway at 6.00 am today. The bus driver was coming from the wrong direction after filling CNG from Delhi near Ghazipur. The people in the car were coming from Meerut and had to go to Gurgaon. There was a head-on collision. 6 persons died and 2 are seriously injured. The driver of the bus has been caught. The entire fault was of the bus driver who was coming from the wrong direction."
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CCTV footage of the accident.
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School Bus Collides With SUV On Delhi-Meerut Expressway on Tuesday morning, six died. pic.twitter.com/bjK8cyBiSn
Kushwaha further informed, "The dead include 2 children. Women and men are also included. 2 people are injured and are being treated in the hospital. There were 8 people in the car. The bus belongs to Bal Bharti School Bus which is in Noida."
For the unversed, on Monday, at least nine people were killed after a tanker coming at a high speed collided with a tempo in Pratapgarh. The accident happened on the Lucknow Varanasi Highway near Mohanganj market in the Leelapur police station area in Pratapgarh.