Lakhimpur (UP): Five persons died and around 12 sustained injuries when a bus collided head-on with a truck on the national highway at the Unchgaon-Adlispur crossing under the Isanagar police station in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur district on Friday afternoon, police said.
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The accident occurred when the bus driver trying to overtake a pick-up van collided with the truck coming from the opposite direction. Circle officer of Dhaurahra S N Tiwari said Balchandra Mishra (40), bus conductor Nayab Singh (35), passenger Jamal Khan (45) and two unidentified persons lost their lives in the accident.
Tiwari along with SDM Dhirendra Kumar Singh and Isanagar police station in-charge Arvind Kumar Pandey rushed to the spot and made arrangements for sending the injured to the district hospital.