BARABANKI: As many as two people were killed and 14 others injured when a bus collided head on with a tractor-trolley in Barabanki district, police said on Tuesday.
The accident took place on Monday night when the bus was returning to Deoria district from the Deva Sharif fair, circle officer (CO) Seema Yadav said.
The tractor trolley carrying devotees was going to the Deva Shairf fair from Lucknow, Yadav said, adding the accident took place just three kilometres from the fair site on the Deva-Barabanki road near Ismailpur village.
The injured were taken to a hospital and two people identified as Dayalu (50) and Subhash (40) succumbed to injuries, the CO said.