30 people injured as bus overturns in Barabanki, UP

A private double-decker bus overturned on the Lucknow-Ayodhya highway here, leaving 30 passengers injured, police said on Thursday.

The incident occurred late on Wednesday night when the bus was going from Gorakhpur to Delhi.

According to police, the driver of the sleeper bus lost control of the vehicle, causing it to overturn on the highway, triggering chaos at the



site near Dharouli village.

Hearing passengers’ cries for help, villagers rushed to the spot and started rescuing those trapped inside the bus.

Police and administrative officials also reached the site soon after being informed about the accident. After about an hour, all injured passengers were pulled out and sent to Ram Sanehi Ghat Community Health Centre (CHC).