Firozabad, June 28 || At least three passengers were killed and two others critically injured after a private double-decker bus collided with a truck on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway in Uttar Pradesh's Firozabad district on Saturday, officials said.
According to police, the bus, which was travelling from Delhi to Orai in Jalaun district, rammed into the rear of a truck laden with marble tiles near the Nagla Khangar area.
The impact was severe, causing extensive damage to the front and left side of the bus.
Rural Superintendent of Police Trigun Bisen confirmed that three people died on the spot. Two injured passengers were rushed to the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGI) in Saifai, Etawah, where they are currently undergoing treatment.
One of the deceased has been identified as a resident of Orai. Efforts are on to establish the identities of the remaining victims, and the bodies have been sent for post-mortem.
Preliminary investigations suggest that the bus driver may have dozed off at the wheel, causing the vehicle to lose control and crash into the slow-moving truck ahead.
Eyewitnesses reported that the crash led to chaos and panic among the passengers, with screams heard from the mangled bus.