Bulandshahr Accident: Deadly Van-Bus Collision Leaves 11 Dead, 26 Injured On Budaun-Meerut Highway

• Home
• Uttar Pradesh
• Bulandshahr Accident: Deadly Van-Bus Collision Leaves 11 Dead, 26 Injured On Budaun-Meerut Highway

The accident happened on the Budaun-Meerut state highway, around 14 kilometres from Bulandshahr district headquarters in Uttar Pradesh, when the pickup van coming from Ghaziabad collided head-on with a private bus.

11 people were killed in the fatal mishap. (PTI Photo)

Bulandshahr Accident: A tragic mishap occurred in Salempur area of Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr district on Sunday when a pickup van collided with a private bus coming from the opposite direction on the Budaun-Meerut highway, leaving as many as 11 people dead and 26 others injured.

According to the police, the accident happened on the Budaun-Meerut state highway, around 14 kilometres from the district headquarters, when the pickup van coming from Ghaziabad collided head-on with a private bus.

Traffic on the road was briefly affected due to the accident, they said..

“Ten people were killed and 27 injured. The injured have been sent to different hospitals,” District Magistrate Chandra Prakash Singh told reporters.

Later, one more injured person succumbed during treatment, taking the death toll in the mishap to 11.

The victims were identified as Mukut Singh (45), Deen Nath (45), Brijesh (18), Babu Singh (19), Shishupal (27), Girraj Singh (26), Sugarpal (35), Omkar (30), Mahesh (40), Jay P (18) and Surendra (45).

The DM said nine people undergoing treatment at a private hospital, while the condition of three of the injured was serious and they were referred to the Meerut medical college.

The remaining injured have been admitted to the district hospital, Singh said.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath took cognisance of the accident and directed the district magistrate and other officials to ensure the injured are provided the best treatment.

Singh said the fitness documents of both vehicles were updated.

Minister of State for Forest Arun Kumar said the family of those killed would be given financial assistance of Rs 2 lakh each while the injured would be disbursed Rs 50,000 each.

He added a probe had been ordered and strict action would be taken against those found guilty.

(With PTI inputs)

_{Images are for reference only.Images and contents gathered automatic from google or 3rd party sources.All rights on the images and contents are with their legal original owners.}