Overview

• A private double-decker bus travelling from Delhi to Orai collided with a slow-moving marble-laden truck near KM 68 on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway on June 28
• Rural Superintendent of Police Trigun Bisen confirmed that three passengers died instantly at the scene and two others were critically injured
• The injured were evacuated to the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences in Saifai and units from the UPDA patrol, Dial 112 emergency services and Nagla Khangar police launched rescue operations
• Preliminary police investigations suggest the bus driver may have dozed off at the wheel prior to the impact
• Authorities have sent the deceased for post-mortem and initiated a review of speed limits, vehicle standards and overall highway safety protocols