Overview

• The UP Roadways bus traveling from Hardoi to Lucknow collided with a water tanker on an under‑construction stretch in Kakori, overturned and fell into a deep ditch.
• Police confirmed five deaths, with injury reports ranging from more than 10 to 19, and the latest tally listing 19 people under treatment.
• Rescuers and locals extricated passengers, with patients first taken to the Kakori community health centre before referrals to KGMU’s Trauma Centre; doctors said at least three were critical.
• Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath directed immediate medical care and dispatched senior officials to oversee relief and treatment.
• Investigators are assessing work‑zone conditions, including poor lighting and possible missing reflectors on the tanker, while reviewing conflicting accounts of how the driver lost control.