23-year-old Kanwariya killed, 2 injured as motorcycle collides with bus in Haridwar

A 23-year-old Kanwariya was killed and two others injured after their motorcycle collided with a UTC bus on the Haridwar-Najibabad highway in Uttarakhand.

A 23-year-old man on Kanwar Yatra was killed and two others were injured after the motorcycle they were riding on collided with a government bus at Shyampur flyover on the Haridwar–Najibabad National Highway in Uttarakhand on Friday, police said.

A Kanwar Yatra devotee from Faridabad died after a bike-bus collision in Haridwar, while two fellow Kanwariyas were injured in the accident.

Station house officer (SHO) of Shyampur Nitesh Sharma said that the three Kanwariyas were travelling on a motorcycle when it collided with the Uttarakhand Transport Corporation (UTC) bus at the flyover.

“Manish Kumar, a resident of Gandhi Colony in Faridabad, died. His fellow Kanwariyas, Kamal and Mayank, were injured and are undergoing treatment at the district hospital,” Sharma said.

Police and other emergency personnel reached the spot soon after the accident, which led to a brief disruption in traffic on the busy highway, but police personnel managed to restore the movement of vehicles within a short time, the SHO said.

The incident comes amid the ongoing Kanwar Yatra, during which lakhs of devotees are travelling through Haridwar and adjoining areas to collect holy Ganga water.