Speeding Bus Loses Control, Dives Into Ghaziabad Field Off Highway

Police said the incident took place at Delhi-Meerut-Expressway (DME) and the bus had 42 passengers on board.

According to officials at UPSRTC, the bus started from Meerut depot and was headed to Kaushambi in Ghaziabad when the incident happened near the Noorpur underpass area of the expressway stretch in Ghaziabad.

“All the passengers were rushed to hospitals in Ghaziabad and the departments will help them out in treatment. The driver of the bus is stated to have suffered a medical condition, a probable heart stroke, after which he lost control. But, despite his condition, he displayed a lot of sense to control the bus and did not let it overturn while it was slipping down the expressway,” said Kesri Nandan Chaudhary, regional manager of UPSRTC.