25 injured, six critical as bus overturns in Sitapur

As many as 25 folks, together with girls and youngsters, have been injured after the bus carrying 60 passengers overturned in Sitapur district late on Wednesday night time, police officers stated on Thursday.

The police officers stated the accident occurred close to Itauri village underneath Reusa police station space of Sitapur when the non-public bus carrying labourers overturned in a roadside ditch.

They stated the bus carrying labourers was getting back from Chhattisgarh the place folks from villages across the Reusa space go looking for work.

An area cop stated the injured have been rescued with the assistance of some native folks and rushed to a close-by well being centre for therapy.

He stated six of the labourers are severely injured and have been referred to the district hospital whereas others have been discharged after offering preliminary therapy at the area people well being centre. Sharing additional particulars, the cop stated one of many injured knowledgeable them that there was very low visibility on the highway and the bus overturned when the bus driver tried to overhaul one other car. He stated the bus failed to identify a ditch alongside the highway as a consequence of low visibility following which two wheels of the bus entered into the ditch and it overturned.