<p>Three persons were killed and eight others injured in a collision between a UP State Road Transport Corporation bus and a truck in neighbouring Kushinagar district in the early hours of Saturday.</p>.<p>The accident took place around 4 am at Bairiya crossing on the NH 28 when the Deoria depot bus on its way to Padrouna from Kasya to Padrouna was hit by a truck, police said.</p>.<p>A 50-year-old pedestrian, Qamruddin Ansari, died on the spot after being hit by the truck.</p>.<p>Two bus passengers also died on the spot, police said, adding that of the eight injured, four suffered serious injuries and were sent to Gorakhpur's BRD Medical College hospital.</p>.<p>One of the bus passengers killed in the incident has been identified as Nandu Yadav (40) while efforts are on to identify the other.</p>
<p>Three persons were killed and eight others injured in a collision between a UP State Road Transport Corporation bus and a truck in neighbouring Kushinagar district in the early hours of Saturday.</p>.<p>The accident took place around 4 am at Bairiya crossing on the NH 28 when the Deoria depot bus on its way to Padrouna from Kasya to Padrouna was hit by a truck, police said.</p>.<p>A 50-year-old pedestrian, Qamruddin Ansari, died on the spot after being hit by the truck.</p>.<p>Two bus passengers also died on the spot, police said, adding that of the eight injured, four suffered serious injuries and were sent to Gorakhpur's BRD Medical College hospital.</p>.<p>One of the bus passengers killed in the incident has been identified as Nandu Yadav (40) while efforts are on to identify the other.</p>