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But failure of bus brakes cannot be ruled out,” he added.He further told TOI that a team of three cops with a police escort car were waiting for UP power minister Shrikant Sharma at the toll to receive him, but their car was crushed and a cop was gravely injured in the accident. AGRA: A bus ferrying over 50 passengers from Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district to Delhi, ploughed into bystanders at Agra-Lucknow expressway toll on Saturday morning, killing two and injuring six including UP power minister Shrikant Sharma's escort cop.The incident took place at around 8:30 am in Fatehabad police jurisdiction of Agra district A CCTV footage of the toll found the air conditioner luxury bus cruising toward bull barriers, crushing three toll employees and a teenager under its wheel, killing two immediately. The bus further rammed into a police escort car, grievously injuring a constable, who was retrieved from the mangled car with the help of crane.According to police, victims were identified as Amarkant Pachauri (23), vehicle line supervisor of the toll and Sonu (13), a teenager who was selling flowers to commuters to support his family.Those injured include constable Ahatsham Ali of UP police, Satyaveer and Kushal Pal, the toll guards along with three passengers (Durgaprasad, Khusboo and Anjali) of the bus.Speaking to TOI, station house officer, Brijesh Kumar Singh of Fatehabad said, “After the incident, the victims were taken to hospital, but the bus driver and conductor managed to flee away from the spot.”“It’s still not clear, as to why the bus broke the toll barrier..