Two killed in bus-tanker crash on Yamuna e-way

An accident on the Yamuna Expressway on Tuesday morning, in which an Uttar Pradesh roadways bus collided with an oil tanker, left two people dead and five injured.

A senior police official said the bus, which was heading from Etawah to New Delhi, hit the stationary oil tanker which was parked along the curb near the Jewar toll booth on the expressway. Police said the driver, who was speeding, lost control of the bus and rammed it into the tanker, badly damaging the front of the bus. A crane had to be called to rescue passengers from the loaded bus.