- Saturday, February 15, 2025
All the 10 people travelling to Maha Kumbh venue in a Bolero jeep died when it collided with a bus on a highway near Prayagraj
By: India Weekly
TEN PEOPLE travelling in a Bolero jeep were killed in a head-on collision with a bus on a highway in the Meja police station area of Prayagraj late on Friday (14) night, police said on Saturday (15).
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Vivek Chandra Yadav said the devotees from Chhattisgarh’s Korba district were heading to the Maha Kumbh to take a dip when the Bolero they were travelling in collided head-on with a bus on the highway.
All the 10 people travelling in the Bolero died in the accident, while those in the bus suffered minor injuries, the DCP said.
While four of the deceased were identified based on their Aadhaar cards, six were identified on the basis of information provided by their relatives.
The deceased include Somnath (28), Ishwari Prasad Jaiswal (56), Bhagirathi Jaiswal (43), Santosh Soni (55), Saurabh Soni, Ajay Banjare, Ganga Das Verma, Shiva Rajput (60), Deepak Verma and Raju Sahu.
The bodies have been sent to the SRN Hospital in Prayagraj for autopsy, the DCP said.
Four die in Gujarat
Four people were killed and six sustained injuries after a tourist van carrying pilgrims from the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj rammed into a stationary truck on a highway in Gujarat’s Dahod district on Saturday, police said.
The accident occurred around 2.15 am on the Indore-Ahmedabad highway near Limkheda, an official said.
He said a tourist van carrying 10 pilgrims rammed into a truck parked on the side of the road.
The deceased, including a woman, were residents of Ankleshwar in Bharuch district and Dholka in Ahmedabad district, he said.
The official said, “The pilgrims were returning from the Maha Kumbh. Four people, including a woman, died on the spot, and six others were injured and taken to a hospital.”
According to the police, the deceased were identified as Devraj Nakum (49) and his wife Jasuba (47), both from Ankleshwar, and Dholka residents Sidhraj Dabhi (32) and Ramesh Goswami (47).
Bus catches fire
A 33-year-old man from Rajasthan returning from Maha Kumbh died after a bus he was travelling in caught fire on the Lucknow-Agra Expressway here Firozabad district early Saturday (15), police said.
According to the police, other passengers are safe.
Superintendent of Police (City) Ravi Shankar Prasad said the passengers had gone to attend the Maha Kumbh. After taking a dip at the Sangam, they went to Ayodhya for darshan and were returning from there.
Pawan Sharma, from Rajasthan’s Nagaur, was among the 52 passengers on board the ill-fated bus, the police said.
On Friday night, the bus left for Nagaur from Ayodhya. On the Lucknow-Agra Expressway at around 4 am, the vehicle caught fire, he said.
All the other passengers immediately got off the bus. However, Sharma who was sleeping when the incident happened, got stuck inside and died.
The body has been sent for post-mortem examination, the police said, adding that all the passengers were sent to their respective destinations by another bus. (PTI)
