BIJNOR: Around 10 people sustained severe injuries, two with 60% burns on their face and head, after a speeding Uttar Pradesh roadways bus carrying 30 passengers rammed into a tanker carrying hot coaltar in UPs Bijnor district on Friday morning. Bijnor SP Neeraj Kumar Jadaun said, "Construction work was underway on Dhampur-Seohara road where the accident took place.All the injured persons were taken to the district hospital for treatment from where two people who had critical injuries -- Anant Kumar, 25, and Satish Kumar, 50, were referred to a specialised centre in Meerut."Dr Radhe Shyam, a senior physician treating patients at the district hospital, said, "There is no specific treatment for burn injuries caused by coal tar. The treatment is the same as that for any other burn injury. Nevertheless, we have to remove the tar from the injuries using the prescribed solvents." The other injured persons were identified as Vinod Kumar, 48, Vikas Kumar, 19, Mukeem Ahmad, 19, Mohd Waseem, 30, bus driver Kuldeep Singh, 40, labourers Dheer Singh, 30, Mohd Nazeer, 35, and Jahangeer, 40. All are residents of Seohara town, police said.

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