Four killed in bus-truck crash in UP

Lucknow: "Four persons were killed and over three dozen seriously injured on Tuesday when a passenger bus rammed into a mini-truck in Uttar Pradesh`s Bahraich town", police said.

The accident took place around 4 a.m. on the Nation al Highway 28C when the bus carrying passengers from Butwal in Nepal was headed to Delhi.

The packed bus was overspeeding, according to an eye witness.

A police official told IANS that the bus was severely damaged in the collision.

"Eight of the injured persons were said to be in critical condition", the official added.