29 killed in UP Bus accident

At least 29 person travelling from Lucknow to Delhi were killed and several others injured after the bus fell in a drain on Yamuna Expressway on Monday morning.

 The UP Roadways bus, met with the accident near Agra and jumped the express highway and fell into the huge drain.

Agra DM NG Ravi Kumar on 29 persons dead after a bus carrying around 40 passengers fell into 'jharna nalla' on Yamuna Expressway: The incident took place around 4:30 am. Driver probably dozed off & the speeding bus broke our barrier & fell in the drain. Search operation underway pic.twitter.com/X5a0gymqIq

— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) July 8, 2019

"Awadh bus depot's Janrath Expressway Roadways bus noUP33 AT5877 lost control on Yamuna Expresway and fell in 'jharna nala' nearKuberpur," UP police said in a tweet.

The police said that at least 27 bodies have been recoveredfrom the partially submerged bus and 15-16 injured passengers have beenadmitted to hospital.

"One Sleeper Coach passenger bus travelling fromLucknow to Delhi met with an accident on Yamuna Expressway. It fell into theside fall about 15 feet deep. 20 passengers rescued so far. Efforts are on forthe rest," A Satish Ganesh, IG Agra said in a tweet earlier.