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10 Killed in 2 Road Incidents in UP
The Statesman Bhubaneswar
|May 16, 2025
At least 10 people were killed in two separate road incidents in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday.
In Lucknow, five passengers were charred to death after a private sleeper bus going from Begusarai in Bihar to Delhi, caught fire on Kisan Path in Mohanlalganj area.
Several passengers sustained injuries in the incident. Police said even after the fire, the ill-fated bus kept running for about one kilometer.
This story is from the May 16, 2025 edition of The Statesman Bhubaneswar.
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