Caught On Camera: 6 Dead As School Bus Collides With Car On Delhi-Meerut Expressway

In a tragic incident, at least six people were killed following an accident on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway in Ghaziabad on Tuesday.

The incident took place when a school bus driving on the wrong side of the road rammed into an SUV on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway near Crossing Republik in Ghaziabad on Tuesday.

An eight-year-old child, who was injured in the accident, was rushed to a hospital in critical condition. The driver of the bus was later arrested. A video of the accident was captured on a CCTV camera, which has now gone viral on social media.

Speaking to ANI, DCP Dehat Shubham Patel said, "The incident occurred at 6.04 am on Delhi-Meerut Expressway wherein a TUV which had eight people was hit by a school bus that was coming from the wrong direction. Six of the eight people died and two are critically injured - they are admitted to the hospital. The driver has been arrested, he is being questioned and stringent sections are being invoked in the FIR..."

On Monday, another massive accident in Uttar Pradesh's Pratapgarh killed at least nine people while seven others were injured as a gas tanker overturned on a tempo in the Lilapur area.

As per media reports, the accident took place on the Lucknow-Varanasi highway, about 15 km away from the district headquarters.