A bus and an SUV’s face-to-face collision on the highway under Meja police station of Yamuna Nagar in Prayagraj district, 10 people died due to a collision. Police gave this information.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Yamuna Nagar) Vivek Chandra Yadav said that devotees from Korba, Chhattisgarh were coming to bathe in Mahakumbh from Korba in Chhattisgarh late Friday, but then a bus going from Prayagraj on the highway collided with him. .He said that all 10 people in the SUV died in this accident and people in the bus suffered minor injuries. He told that devotees were also riding in the bus.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed deep grief over the incident and expressed condolences to the bereaved families.
Adityanath’s office wrote in the ‘post’ shared on the social media forum ‘X’, “Chief Minister Adityanath expressed condolences to the bereaved families, expressing deep grief over the loss of life in a road accident on Prayagraj-Mirjapur highway. . He has instructed the officers of the district administration to take the injured to the hospital immediately and instruct them for proper treatment.
He said, “The Chief Minister has wished Prabhu Shri Ram for the early health benefits of the injured while wishing for peace to the departed souls.”
According to the police, a car and bus collided on the Mirzapur-Prayagraj highway late Friday night. 10 people died in the accident while 19 people were injured.
DCP (Yamunanagar) Vivek Chandra Yadav said that 10 people died in a collision of Bolero car and bus carrying devotees from Chhattisgarh to Mahakumbh. The accident took place in Meja police station area on Prayagraj-Mirzapur highway at around 12 pm on Friday night. The bodies have been taken to Swaroop Rani Medical Hospital for post -mortem. Further process is still going on.
According to the information, a horrific road accident occurred near Manu Ka Puri of Meja area on Prayagraj-Mirzapur highway. After the accident, there was a jam situation on the spot.
All Mahakumbh were coming to Prayagraj for bathing. At the same time, after the Sangam bath of Madhya Pradesh, the bus was going towards Mirzapur with devotees. During this, the bus and car collided strongly. The front of the car was badly damaged in a face-to-face collision. People nearby informed the police, who took out the bodies out with the help of gas cutters and sent the injured to the hospital immediately.
