Mathura: Three people were killed and eight others injured in two separate road accidents in Mathura district on Monday morning.
In the first incident, a 30-year-old woman was killed and eight passengers were injured after a double-decker bus travelling from Lucknow to Delhi rammed into a container on Yamuna Expressway . The accident took place around 5 am near milestone 77, under the jurisdiction of Surir police station. The bus, carrying more than 60 passengers, collided with the container travelling ahead of it, triggering panic among those on board. Police identified the deceased as Subhash (30), son of Nemsingh and resident of Nagla Girdhar, and Manoj (32), son of Vijay Singh and resident of Govardhan crossing in Mathura.
Yamuna Expressway security personnel and a team from Surir police station rushed to the spot and shifted the injured to the community health centre in Nauhjheel. The injured were identified as Premchand Maurya, Azhar Khan, Lalmani Jaiswal, Kiran Kumari, Priyanka Maurya, Saurabh, Vishal and Utkarsh Mishra. In the second incident, two men died after their motorcycle went out of control and crashed into a roadside tree near Khaderia turn, close to Chhibrau Bamba, in the Baldev area. The victims were travelling from Baldev towards Nagla Girdhar when the accident occurred. Both died on the spot.