Four persons died and an estimated two dozen people were injured after a speeding truck hit a double-decker bus carrying migrant workers from Nepal to Goa under the Ramanagar Police Station area of Barabanki district on Saturday. The bus had around 60 passengers on board.
“Four people died after a speeding truck rammed into a double-decker bus which was parked to change a punctured tyre in the Ramanagar Police Station area of Barabanki district earlier today at around 3.30 a.m. The bus was going from Nepal to Goa,” Additional Superintendent of Police (North) Barabanki, Poornendu Singh, said.
“Two people who were seriously injured have been refereed to Lucknow Trauma Centre. The bus had around 60 passengers, arrangements being made to send them back to Nepal,” he added.