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Tourist bus overturns on Ayodhya-Prayagraj highway in UP, 12 injured
Police said the devotees were travelling from Pune in Maharashtra and had first reached Prayagraj and then left for Ayodhya for darshan.
A mini tourist bus carrying devotees from Maharashtra overturned after hitting a divider on the Ayodhya-Prayagraj National Highway in Uttar Pradesh's Pratapgarh district on Monday, injuring 12 pilgrims, police said.
Superintendent of Police Deepak Bhukar said the devotees were travelling from Pune in Maharashtra and had first reached Prayagraj, where they took a dip at the Sangam before leaving for Ayodhya for darshan.
The accident took place near Bhawanipur close to Vishwanathganj under Delhupur police station limits when the bus driver, identified as Chakradhar (38), allegedly dozed off, causing the vehicle to lose control, hit the divider and overturn, the officer said.
Among the injured were Shraddha Pandey (38), her nine-year-old daughter Anandi Pandey, Sorit (16), Anka Giri (65), Yash (16), Sarita (52), Kamla (65), Pushpa (65), Ovi (9) and Uday Kumar (67), police said.
Police rushed to the spot and shifted all the injured to a medical college for treatment.
Doctors later referred Shraddha Pandey and Anandi Pandey to SRN Hospital after their condition was found to be serious, officials said.
