30 migrants injured in e-way accident in Kannauj’s Taalgram

Kanpur: As many as 30 migrant workers were injured in an accident in Kannauj’s Taalgram area on the Lucknow-Agra Expressway on Thursday morning.
The passengers, further had a narrow escape after the engine of the private bus that overturned caught fire.
Police and UPIEDA personnel swung into action and doused the fire. They suspect overheating of the engine triggered the fire.
The private bus was heading from Bihar to Delhi when the incident occurred.The injured passengers of the bus were admitted to Tirwa Medical College and a nearby Community Health Centre.
According to police, the incident took place while a private bus carrying migrant labourers from Bettiah in Bihar to Delhi turned turtle after climbing up road divider at mile stone 149 in Taalgram area.
Circle officer Chhibramau Shiv Kumar Thapa said the bus, coming from Bettiah district of Bihar, was ferrying nearly 125 migrant workers to Delhi.
“A police team and UPIEDA personnel reached the spot and doused the fire and sent the injured persons to Tirwa Medical College and a nearby Community Health Centre,” he said.
The officer added that the passengers who escaped unhurt or had sustained minor wounds were sent to their destination in another vehicle.
“They had got the private bus booked from Bettiah district in Bihar to Delhi. The incident took place in the early hours when the driver dozed off and lost control and the bus collided and climbed on the road divider and turned turtle and caught fire leaving 30 migrants injured. The fire was doused soon by Police and UPIEDA personnel,” he added.