3 Killed, Over 24 Injured As Bus Falls Into Drain In…

Siddharthnagar: Three people including a cyclist were killed and more than two dozen sustained injuries after a bus fell into a drain while trying to avoid hitting the cyclist in Uttar Pradesh’s Siddharthnagar district on Friday evening.Superintendent of Police (SP) Prachi Singh said that at around 6.30 pm, the police received information that a bus on its way to Siddharthnagar from Balrampur had fallen into the Chargahwa drain under the Dhebaruwa police station area.She said that a police team rushed to the spot and with the help of locals, rescued the passengers trapped in the bus. There were 53 people on the bus at the time of the accident,Singh said that three people including a teenager died in the accident.She said the accident occurred after the driver lost control of the bus while trying to save a cyclist. The SP said that the deceased have been identified as cyclist Mangani Ram (50), and bus passengers Ajay Verma (14) and Gamma (65).