Two Killed As Bus Skids And Falls In Roadside Ditch In Shahjahanpur

Lucknow, March 25 (TNA) Two persons were killed and 18 were injured, some seriously when a traveller bus at high speed skidded and fell in a roadside ditch in Shahjahanpur district of Uttar Pradesh, police said on Thursday. The mishap took place near the Kaushal petrol pump in Tilhar.

The bus had around 35 migrant labourers who were headed to their homes in Kushinagar from Chandigarh for the festival of Holi.

The driver apparently lost control and the vehicle fell in a road side ditch, killing two on the spot. Police immediately reached the site of the road accident and oversaw the rescue operations.