On October 19, Siddharthnagar In the Siddharthnagar area of Uttar Pradesh on Friday evening, a bus fell into a drain while trying to avoid hitting a bicycle. Three people were killed and more than twenty were hurt.

It was around 6:30 p.m. when Superintendent of Police (SP) Prachi Singh said that the police learned that a bus from Balrampur to Siddharthnagar had crashed into the Chargahwa drain under the Dhebaruwa police station area.

She said that the cops arrived quickly and, with the help of locals, freed the people who were stuck in the bus. There were 53 people on the bus when it crashed.

Singh said that the accident killed three people, one of whom was a teenager.

It was a mistake because the bus driver lost control while trying to help a rider, she said. The SP said that the people who died were Mangani Ram, a 50-year-old biker, and Ajay Verma, 14, and Gamma, 65, who were riding a bus.

Police say that more than twenty people were hurt in the accident and are being treated at CSC Barhdni and district hospital Siddharthnagar.

In a different event, a car crash on Friday evening in the Baghrai area of Pratapgarh district hurt more than 20 people.