Five killed, at least 14 injured as double-decker bus overturns in Lucknow

The bus en route from Ludhiana to Motihari, was carrying around 80-85 passengers when the accident took place, officials said.

Lucknow: Five people were killed and at least 14 injured when a double-decker bus overturned near the toll on the Purvanchal Expressway in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow on Monday evening after the driver lost control of the vehicle, police said.

According to officials, 80-85 passengers were onboard the bus, which was going from Ludhiana in Punjab to Motihari in Bihar, when the accident took place.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (South), Lucknow, Nipun Agarwal, said after information about the accident was received at Gosainganj police station, police and administration officials, and ambulances reached the spot.

"In this accident, five people, one man, one woman and three children, died. Police have sent the injured persons to trauma centres at SGPGI (Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences) and KGMU (King George's Medical University), where their condition is said to be stable," Agarwal said.

A case has been registered in this connection, he said.

Additional DCP (South) Rallapalli Vasanth Kumar told PTI that the 14 injured passengers have been referred to higher medical centres for treatment. The accident occurred at the 11.2-km mark of the expressway.