Kanpur: Nearly 14 passengers were injured when a private Volvo sleeper bus overturned after crashing into the divider on Agra-Lucknow Expressway in Usrahar police station area of Etawah district on Sunday morning.According to police, the driver of the sleeper bus heading to Lucknow from Delhi via Agra Lucknow Expressway in Usrahar police station area, at around 6 am crashed into the divider near Km No. 124 Khargua and overturned.As soon as the bus overturned, chaos prevailed among the passengers and the staff. Their loud shrieks attracted the passerby, who alerted the police control room.As soon as the information was received, the Kudrail Expressway outpost police and Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) team and Usrahar police reached the spot and safely pulled out the passengers from the bus.The injured were rushed to Saifai medical college Etawah in ambulances.There were about 65 passengers in the bus. The bus crashed into the divider and overturned as its driver Shankar Singh, resident of Morena district Khadiya in Madhya Pradesh, apparently dozed off.A total of 14 injured were admitted to the Safai medical college soon as information about the incident was received.Circle Officer (CO) Bharthana Vivek Jawla reached the spot. The remaining passengers were sent to their destinations through other vehicles and the bus was removed and parked near Chowpla village. As per the preliminary investigations, the cause of the accident is stated to be dozing off the bus driver. Further investigations are underway in this regard, the CO further said.We also published the following articles recentlyMiraculous escape for bus passengersNineteen passengers had a lucky escape when their minibus lost control and hit an electric post near Poopara, Idukki. The impact caused a power outage, averting the risk of electrocution for the passengers. Despite the accident, no one was injured, and the passengers were later transported to Munnar. They were pilgrims from Sankarankovil village in Tirunelveli. In other news, a bus accident in Hyderabad injured three passengers, while an undertrial who had escaped from police custody in Amroha was apprehended. Additionally, 46 pilgrims were injured in Gujarat when a bus hit a rock on a slope near Ambaji.Teacher killed, 20 students hurt in state as bus overturnsA physical education teacher was killed and 20 students were injured when their bus overturned in Nabarangpur district, Odisha. The students and teachers were traveling for a district-level sports event. The injured students received treatment and their condition is stable. An investigation into the accident has been initiated. This incident adds to a recent series of bus accidents in different parts of India.Teacher killed, 20 students hurt in state as bus overturnsA physical education teacher was killed and 20 students were injured when their bus overturned in Nabarangpur district, Odisha. The accident occurred while the students were traveling for a district-level sports event. The injured students were given preliminary treatment at a community health center and five of them were referred to a district hospital. Authorities are investigating the cause of the accident.

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