Two passengers, including a woman, were killed and around a dozen injured after a luxury passenger bus collided with a truck and overturned in Panki area here today, police said.
The Volvo bus, enroute to Delhi from Lucknow via Kanpur, collided with a truck, turned over and hit against an electricity pole around 2 AM in Panki, Superintendent of Police, Kanpur (Rural), Surendra Tiwari said.
The impact of the collision was so strong that the bus was severely damaged leaving passengers in hue and cry, he said.
The locals rescued the passengers and informed the police, who arrived at the spot along with an ambulance and joined in the rescue work, the SP said.
According to Tiwari, the deceased woman was aged between thirty-five to forty years and her identity is yet to be ascertained while the other deceased has been identified as Sudhir Singh (40), resident of Lucknow.
The eleven injured have been admitted at Hallet Hospital of Kanpur Medical College while the remaining passengers have been discharged after being treated for minor injuries.
Three passengers were stated critical, the SP added.
The truck driver is absconding and further probe is underway, he said.
