At Least 16 people were killed and six injured in a road accident in the Sachendi area of this Uttar Pradesh district on Tuesday evening, police said. Kanpur Outer’s Superintendent of Police (SP) Ashtbhuja Prasad Singh said a speeding bus hit a loader , which fell on the other side of the highway , while the bus also overturned and fell into a ditch.
The collision was so strong that almost all passengers of the bus got trapped and sustained serious injuries , the SP said. Two among the injured are said to be critical .
On Tuesday , PM Modi tweeted about the announcement of providing an ex-gratia of Rs.2 lakh each from the PMNRF for the next of kin of those who have lost their lives due to a tragic accident in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Rs.50,000 would be provided to those injured.
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