3 killed and 24 injured after speeding Volvo bus turned turtle in Kanpur

KANPUR:Three persons including two women died while more than two dozen others suffered injuries, few critically, when an overspeeding private high-end Volvo AC bus lost control and turned turtle in Sikandara area of Kanpur Dehat during the wee hours of Thursday.
Superintendent of Police Sabharaj Singh, said nearly 12 seriously injured were rushed to district hospital in Auraiya while other have been admitted to district hospital in Akbarpur in Kanpur Dehat district."Three persons including two women died on the spot.
As of now, we do not know the names and address details of the deceased, besides of other passengers who were hurt in the accident. Some of the them, who sustained minor injuries left for their respective destinations," said the SP. Police personnel hired a crane to remove the AC bus, which resulted into massive traffic chaos on up and down lanes of the highway. "We will register a case against the bus driver and the conductor. The duo have not yet arrived at the police station. Action will be taken against the two," the SP stated further while talking to TOI. Prima facie it appears that the bus skid off the road and turned turtle while it's driver was overspeeding, SP added.
The incident took place near during the wee hours when the private bus no:PB-01-4903 belonging to Kalpana Travels heading from Ghaziabad to Lucknow was passing the Khojaphool village under the limits of Sikandara police station on Auraiya-Kanpur highway. While reaching near Alwar Dhaba, the bus lost control and turned turtle.
The windshield and side window-panes of the bus was broken. The majority of passengers including those, who were killed, were sleeping, informed the fellow passengers. The injured were rescued by locals and fellow passengers. A number of accidents involving high-end Volvo buses have taken place on the Kanpur-Auraiya-Etawah highway, the windening of which is underway, in the recent past. Recently, the UPSRTC had cancelled Volvo-bus service following back-to-back accidents involving High-end Volvo vehicles. With most Volvo bus services being run by influentials, the authorities, allegedly, fail to take any action against the operators. The apathy can be gauged from the fact that it has been two months since two Volvo AC buses attached with the UPSRTC, allegedly, snuffed out three lives and left 42 others injured, but the police or UPSRTC authorities have failed to take concrete action till date in this regard.
The Volvo-bus services were however recently resumed by the UPSRTC authorities. On June 20 mishap, a woman was killed and nearly 20 others injured. And in the June 29 accident, two persons were killed and 22 others sustained critical wounds. In both the accidents, the drivers were overspeeding.
Meanwhile, despite such major accidents, no special assistance was provided to the deceased and injured people undergoing treatment at various private and government hospitals. At present there are nearly 28 Volvo buses with 60 drivers operational under UPSRTC on various routes across the state. The drivers of these high-end buses undergo rigorous training session before they are being recruited by the company.