Mathura: A major accident took place on Yamuna Expressway on Tuesday morning. Due to dense fog, many vehicles collided with each other, due to which a massive fire broke out in the vehicles. 4 people were burnt alive in the accident. While more than 50 people are seriously burnt and injured.
This incident happened near milestone number 127 in Baldev police station area of ​​Mathura district. Due to dense fog, four buses and one car collided, after which all the vehicles caught fire. On receiving information about the accident, district officials, fire brigade and police teams reached the spot.
What did the District Magistrate tell: District Magistrate Chandraprakash Singh said that an unfortunate incident happened this morning on Yamuna Expressway. In this, 4 people died due to burning and 25 people are injured. The injured have been admitted to Baldev Community Health Center and District Hospital for treatment.
The passengers who are safe are being sent home by government buses. A road accident has occurred on Yamuna Expressway due to dense fog. The matter will be investigated.
What does the Superintendent of Police say: Senior Superintendent of Police Shlok Kumar said that on Tuesday morning, a bus going from Ayodhya to Delhi collided on Yamuna Expressway in Baldev police station area due to dense fog. After this the buses caught fire.
On receiving information about the incident, the fire was brought under control by the officials and fire brigade. So far four people have died in road accidents. More than 25 people are injured, who have been sent to the district hospital. People have been sent to their homes in government vehicles. The burnt vehicles have been removed from the spot.
List of injured released: Mathura district administration has released the preliminary list of injured. The names of the injured are BK Sharma 77 years, Kishan Singh 50 years, Shalu 30 years, Ajay Kumar 32 years, Priyanka 27 years, Dev Rai 45 years, Shrikant Kumari 30 years, Ashish Srivastava 28 years, Usman 50 years, Aman Yadav 28 years, Mukan Khan 26 years, Suman Yadav 25 years, Pawan Kumar 30 years, Mubeen Khan 25 years, Ghanshyam covers 40 years.
20 ambulances reached the spot: Eyewitnesses said that on receiving information about the fire, the fire brigade team reached the spot and started the work of extinguishing the fire in the buses. Within a short time, about 20 ambulances also arrived, from which the injured and burnt people were admitted to the hospital.
Officials said that due to dense fog early in the morning, the vehicles collided one after the other. Due to this, a massive fire broke out in the buses. The injured have also been admitted to hospitals in Agra including Mathura District Hospital.