BJP leader killed, 12 injured in accident

Firozabad, Apr 30: Two persons including a BJP leader were killed and 12 others injured today when a bus in which they were travelling rammed into a stationary truck here, police said.

Former MLA and BJP leader Hansraj Verma was killed on the spot, while 12 others injured when the Volvo bus on its way to Delhi from Lucknow dashed into the truck on Tundla overbridge, SSP Ashok Kumar Sharma said.

The driver of the bus also succumbed to injuries in hospital, Sharma said, adding, the injured were rushed to hospital with help of the locals.

Hansraj Verma was Congress MLA from Nidhauli seat in Etah district and had later joined BJP.

PTI