At least 10 people lost their lives, and 19 others sustained injuries when a car carrying Maha Kumbh devotees from Chhattisgarh collided with a bus on the Prayagraj-Mirzapur highway in Uttar Pradesh around midnight on Friday.
According to DCP Yamunanagar Vivek Chandra Yadav, the victims’ bodies were sent to Swaroop Rani Nehru Medical Hospital for post-mortem, and necessary legal procedures were underway.
The accident occurred around 2am near the Meja police station in Prayagraj when a Bolero car, transporting devotees from Korba in Chhattisgarh to the Sangam for a holy dip, crashed into a bus carrying pilgrims from Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh.
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Authorities suspect the Bolero’s driver may have fallen asleep, causing the crash.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath took note of the incident, instructing officials to expedite relief efforts and provide proper medical care for the injured.
Source: with inputs from Hindustan Times