7 killed, 40 injured in bus-car collision on Lucknow-Agra Expressway

According to the police, the double-decker bus - with a Nagaland number plate on it - was on its way to Delhi from Rae Bareli, when it collided with a car coming from the wrong lane. The car was going towards Agra from Lucknow, reported PTI.

The bus was carrying 60 people, out of which four died, and the rest were injured. On the other hand, all the three people in the car died. Out of the injured persons, six to seven are critical, Dr Vivek Chaudhary, CMO, Saifai PGI, told ANI.

Initial investigation revealed that the accident occurred because the car's driver fell asleep and entered the wrong lane. The collision sent the bus careening into a roadside ditch and flip over.