Seven killed in UP truck-bus collision

"The victims included the bus driver and the injured have been shifted to a hospital in Saifai town."

At least seven people were killed and 30 others injured on Sunday when a Varanasi-bound passenger bus collided head-on with a truck in Uttar Pradesh's Mainpuri district, police said.

Rakesh Pandey, the incharge of the Karhal police station,said: "The accident took place on the Agra Lucknow Expressway while thebus, en route to Varanasi from New Delhi, tried to overtake and collidedhead-on with the truck coming from the opposite direction.

"The victims included the bus driver and the injuredhave been shifted to a hospital in Saifai town."

Yadav said that the police had great difficulty in takingout the bodies since the impact of the accident left the bus badly mangled.

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