As a result of a collision between a school bus and a SUV on Delhi-Meerut Expressway in Ghaziabad, six people were killed today.
It has been reported that an eight-year-old child, who was injured in the accident, was taken to a hospital in critical condition.
The bodies of the deceased were sent for postmortem.
As per media reports, DCP Dehat Shubham Patel said, "The incident occurred at 6.04 am on Delhi-Meerut Expressway wherein a TUV which had eight people was hit by a school bus that was coming from the wrong direction. Six of the eight people died and two are critically injured - they are admitted to the hospital. The driver has been arrested, he is being questioned and stringent sections are being invoked in the FIR..."
Yesterday, another massive accident in Uttar Pradesh's Pratapgarh killed at least nine people while seven others were injured as a gas tanker overturned on a tempo in the Lilapur area.
As per media reports, the accident took place on the Lucknow-Varanasi highway, about 15 km away from the district headquarters.
