3 Killed, Over 24 Injured As Bus Falls Into Drain In UP's Siddharthnagar

There were 53 people on the bus at the time of the accident.

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.