India
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Lucknow,
Sep
28:
At
least
eight
people
died
and
over
25
people
were
injured
when
a
bus
collided
head-on
with
a
DCM
vehicle
near
Sharda
bridge
on
Pilibhit
Basti
Highway
in
Lakhimpur
Kheri
district
on
Wednesday
morning.
The
bus
was
heading
from
Dhaurehra
to
Lucknow
when
the
accident
occurred
in
the
Police
Station
range
of
Isanagar
near
Era
bridge.
The
injured
were
taken
to
a
district
hospital
while
some
others
were
referred
to
Lucknow,
said
Sanjay
Kumar,
Additional
District
Magistrate
(ADM),
Lakhimpur
Kheri.
After
receiving
the
information,
the
ADM
and
Circle
Officer
(CO)
City
reached
the
district
hospital.
UP:
Constable
among
four
killed
in
accident
Uttar
Pradesh
Chief
Minister
Yogi
Adityanath
has
condoled
the
loss
of
lives
and
directed
the
officials
to
immediately
reach
the
spot
and
ensure
proper
treatment,
a
statement
from
his
office
said.
“Chief
Minister
Shri
@myogiadityanath
Ji
Maharaj
has
condoled
the
loss
of
lives
due
to
road
accident
in
the
Lakhimpur
Kheri
district.
Maharaj
Ji
has
directed
the
senior
officers
to
immediately
go
to
the
spot
and
conduct
relief
and
rescue
operations
and
make
proper
arrangements
for
the
treatment
of
the
injured,”
the
CMO
said.