KANPUR: At least two persons were killed and seven others seriously injured after a speeding car crushed the passengers of a private double-decker sleeper bus on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway in Tirwa police area of
Kannauj district during the wee hours of Saturday.
Police said that the private bus, heading to Lucknow from Delhi, was parked on the side of the expressway due to tyre burst at around 3.30am near
Lohamadh village at 187km milestone in
Tirwa Kotwali police station area.
The passengers de-boarded the bus on the expressway. They were waiting for it to repair when a speeding car hit them and rammed into the bus from behind.
"Rakesh Kumar Thakur (23) of
Muzaffarpur in Bihar and Samina (30) of
Siliguri in
West Bengal were killed on the spot, while seven others were rushed to the Tirwa medical college. Their families have been informed," Kannauj superintendent of police
Amrendra Prasad said.