A horrific incident occurred on the Yamuna Expressway in Mathura’s Mahavan, Uttar Pradesh killing five people after a car crashed on to a bus.
How did the incident occur?
The incident took place when a double decker passenger bus went out of control, colliding with a divider. Five people were travelling in a Swift Dzire car, which hit the bus from behind. It is known that the bus was heading towards Noida and it hit the milestone 117 of Yamuna Expressway.
The collision ignited as the diesel tank of the bus caught a devastating fire in which five people lost their lives. There were 50 passengers aboard on the bus among which some who were injured (number is known to be 40) have been taken for medical care. The rest of the passengers have safely managed to escape. All of this was reported by SSP Mathura Shailesh Pandey.
Rescue Measures
As per the statements made by the eyewitnesses and passers by the fire brigade reached much later, almost after more than an hour. Spectators said that those people were begging for help, but they died before any kind of aid could be provided to them. However the fire brigade on reaching the site doused the fire. Immediately after which both the District Magistrate as well as the Superintendent of Police arrived at the spot.
Initiatives are being taken to ascertain the identities of the ones deceased. Senior Superintendent of Police identified one of the five victims, and their family has been informed of the mishap. The remaining causalities are yet to identified. Following this, police have halted vehicles travelling from Agra to Noida.
Uttar Pradesh’s Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath conveyed his heartfelt condolences to the grieving families who lost their loved ones. He also issued directives to the officials posted in Mathura urging them to provide essential support and assistance to the victim’s families.
Yamuna Expressway
The Yamuna Expressway is infamous for road accidents. Yamuna Expressway is a 6-lane wide and 165.5 km long expressway located in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is India’s 6th longest expressway which connects Greater Noida with Agra. It was built in order to de-congest the older Delhi–Agra national highway (NH-2) also known as Mathura Road.
Other Heart Wrenching Accidents that took place
Even earlier there have been several reports of accidents occurring on Yamuna expressway.
In December 2023, at least 20 vehicles rammed against one another on the expressway, in Uttar Pradesh. The reason behind these accidents are a combination of dense fog and reduced visibility which create challenging driving situations causing life threatening mishaps.
Also, previous reports of speeding cars injuring the civilians on this expressway have surfaced quite a few times. One such incident dated October 26, 2023 was that when Indian Air Force’s Junior Warrant Officer Deviprasad Mishra, posted in Delhi, was going to Agra along with his wife Kislay and they were struck by a speeding car that emerged from behind.
Several other tragedies repeated over and over again when a double decker bus coming from Bihar overturned on the Yamuna Expressway claiming lives of three passengers and leaving seventeen others injured. Multiple other emotionally devastating cases on hit and drag case have also been recorded. Car crashes, bus truck collisions, are serious accidents that have happened time and again in this region.
