36 passengers injured as bus hits divider in Firozabad

A damaged bus after it fell into a gorge following its collision with a divider on Agra-Lucknow Expressway, in Firozabad. Credit: PTI Photo

A double-decker bus hit a divider on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway and fell into a gorge early Friday, leaving 36 passengers injured.

Police said the accident took place in Nagla Khangar police station area of the district at around 1 am when the bus was going from Delhi to Gorakhpur.

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Superintendent of Police (rural) Akhilesh Narayan said as the bus reached the 67-km milestone on the expressway, it hit the divider and fell into a gorge.

All the passengers were sent to the Saifai medical college by an ambulance.

While 28 of the injured have been hospitalised, the rest were discharged after first aid, officials said.

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