5 killed as bus hits truck amid fog on Yamuna Expressway

A five-month-old baby and a woman were among the five people killed in a collision between a truck and a double-decker bus on the Yamuna Expressway in Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh on late Wednesday evening, the police said.

15 others were injured in the accident that took place when the bus was heading from Delhi towards Azamgarh and rammed into the truck from behind. The impact was such that the bus was shattered and trapped the passengers inside.

The incident occurred in the Tappal police station area of the city, after which the police rushed the injured to the hospital for treatment, CO Khair, Varun Kumar said.