Uttar Pradesh: 11 killed, 10 injured as stone-loaded truck overturns on pilgrims bus (VIDEO)

Shahjahanpur (UP): Eleven people were killed and 10 others were injured when a truck hit a bus carrying pilgrims in Khutar area of Shahjahanpur district here in Uttar Pradesh, a senior police officer said here on Sunday.

Superintendent of Police (SP) Ashok Kumar Meena said that the incident took place late on Saturday night when the truck loaded with stone overturned on the stationary bus at a dhaba near Tikunia. "11 passengers were killed in the incident whereas 10 others were injured," he said.

VIDEO | 11 died and several got injured as an overloaded truck rammed a bus carrying pilgrims in UP’s Shahjahanpur. More details are awaited.

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He said that the incident took place when pilgrims from Sitapur district were going to Purnagiri. "The deceased have been identified as Suman Devi (36), Ajit (15), Aditya (8), Ramgopal (48), Rohini (20), Pramod (30), Chutki (50), Shivshankar (48), Seema (30), Sudhanshu (7) and Sonavati (45)," he said.

#WATCH | Ashok Kumar Meena, SP, Shahjahanpur says, " Around 11 pm, we got the information that in the Khutar PS area, a bus was parked, devotees who were going to Purnagiri were sitting inside the bus and some devotees were having food at a Dhaba. A truck lost control and turned… https://t.co/f94CWO919w pic.twitter.com/GHPyiEDOaD

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He said that the injured have been admitted to the medical college. He said that on the complaint of the family members of the deceased a case has been lodged against the truck driver and further legal action was being taken.