Fatehpur: In a tragic incident, a girl lost her live and 12 other students were injured after their bus rammed into a truck in Fatehpur district of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday,. The incident took place in the National Highway-2 of the state, the police said.
Sharing derails, the police said that that the school bus was carrying students Class XI and XII of the Government Inter College. The bus was on its way to the Textile Institute in Kanpur . A total of 13 students and two women teachers were seriously injured in the incident.
Police reached the spot after receiving the information
The police reached the spot after receiving the information after which it launched the rescue operation. All the injured were shifted to Lala Lajpat Rai Hospital, where one of the students was declared brought dead. As per officials deceased have been identified as Nasra Fatima .
While a case has been filed against the drunk driver, the police is also trying to track the role of bus driver, who had fled the spot soon after incident. In the meantime, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Aditayanth announced financial support of Rs 2 lakh for the family of those who lost their lives.
Yogi Adityanath expresses condolences
In a post in Hindi on X, the Chief Minister’s Office wrote, “ UP CM Yogi Adityanath has expressed condolences to the family of the student who died in the accident in Fatehpur district.” “The chief minister has directed district administration officials to provide proper and free treatment to the injured students. Also, instructions have been given to provide an immediate financial assistance of ₹2 lakh to the family of the deceased student,” it added further.
Earlier in November, another bus collided with a dumper in state’s Firozabad district. The accident took place on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway that led to death of five people, while six were injured.
