New Delhi: The journey of passengers returning home from Delhi to celebrate Diwali with family turned into an accident late Saturday night. A sleeper bus filled with about 120 passengers suddenly went out of control and overturned on the Ganga Expressway. Most of the people traveling in the bus suffered minor injuries in the accident, while the condition of eight passengers was said to be serious. He was taken to the district hospital by UPEDA ambulance. The accident occurred at around 2:30 am near village Karimpur in Bahjoi area.
According to the information, this sleeper bus leaves for Azamgarh daily from Kashmere Gate of Delhi. Even on Saturday, the bus had left from Delhi with about 120 passengers. Most of these people were going to their homes to celebrate Diwali. It was told that the passengers had food by stopping at a hotel on the way. After this the bus moved forward again. During this time the driver fell asleep. Due to this he lost control of the bus and the vehicle overturned on the road. The passengers did not even get a chance to recover from the sudden accident.
There was a scream as soon as the bus turned around
As soon as the bus overturned, there was chaos among the people sitting inside. The passengers started shouting for help. Many people somehow got out of the bus by taking support of each other. Guddu Pal, Pappu, Neeraj, Balwant, Suraj Prakash, Suraj, Vijendra Gaur and Avneesh were injured in the accident. All of them are said to be residents of different villages of Azamgarh.
The injured were taken to the district hospital with the help of UPEDA ambulance which reached the spot. The remaining passengers also suffered injuries, although most of them were reported to have minor injuries.
There is talk of 110 to 150 passengers traveling in the bus.
Injured Guddu Pal told that about 110 to 150 passengers were sitting in the bus. He told that he does welding work in Delhi, while Pappu, who is traveling with him, works in installing tiles. Both were going to their home to celebrate Diwali.
After receiving the information, Bahjoi police station in-charge Rajiv Kumar Malik reached the spot with the police team. He said that the injured were sent to the hospital and the overturned bus was straightened on the road. After the accident, the police took necessary action on the spot.