VIDEO: Six killed in India's Ghaziabad as school bus crashes with SUV
School bus crashes with SUV
Six people were reported dead following a collision between a school bus and an SUV in India's northern city of Ghaziabad. The accident occurred on the Delhi-Meerut expressway at 7:00 am local time on Tuesday (July 11). The tragic accident crushed the car, killing five people on the spot, including two children.
Reportedly, the bus was not carrying any students when the crash took place.
As reported by Jagran, the SUV had eight people on board and two of them are rushed to hospital with injuries. The family was reportedly travelling to Khatu Shyam temple in India's Rajasthan.
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CCTV footage of the incident has surfaced on social media, which shows the bus was travelling in the wrong direction. Police have now arrested the bus driver. WION could not verify the authenticity of the video.
The crash was so intense that officials had a tough time removing dead bodies from the car."As a result of collision, the dead bodies were removed after cutting the doors of the car," an official was quoted assaying by NDTV.
RK Kushwaha, ADCP (traffic) was quoted as saying by ANI, "...Six people died on the spot, and two are critically injured. The bus driver was coming from the wrong direction after getting CNG from Ghazipur in Delhi. The TUV was coming from Meerut's direction and was on its way to Gurugram. It was the fault of the driver, he was coming from the wrong direction all the way from Delhi. He has been nabbed. The occupants of the car were members of the same family. There was no student on the bus..."
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