20 dead in UP road accident
29 April 2012 11:45 PM IST
At least 20 people were killed, while over 12 others were injured on Sunday when two buses collided in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur district, around 265 km from the state capital, police said.
According to police, a speeding state road transport bus collided head-on with a private bus coming from the opposite direction at Maniram village near Chiluataal town of Gorakhpur district. The private bus turned turtle due to the impact of the collision.
The dead include eleven men, six women and three children, according to Lallan Singh, Superintendent of Police, Gorakhpur.
Singh said that casualties might go up as the rescue operation was still on and over a dozen of the injured have been admitted to the Gorakhpur Medical College in critical condition.
According to police, a speeding state road transport bus collided head-on with a private bus coming from the opposite direction at Maniram village near Chiluataal town of Gorakhpur district. The private bus turned turtle due to the impact of the collision.
The dead include eleven men, six women and three children, according to Lallan Singh, Superintendent of Police, Gorakhpur.
Singh said that casualties might go up as the rescue operation was still on and over a dozen of the injured have been admitted to the Gorakhpur Medical College in critical condition.
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