Ten persons travelling in a Bolero car were killed in a head-on collision with a bus on a highway in Prayagraj Friday night, police said Saturday. Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Vivek Chandra Yadav said the devotees were from Chhattisgarh’s Korba. They were heading to the Maha Kumbh when the Bolero collided with a bus on the highway. All the 10 people in the Bolero died in the accident, while those in the bus suffered minor injuries. The deceased were identified as Somnath (28), Ishwari Prasad Jaiswal (56), Bhagirathi Jaiswal (43), Santosh Soni (55), Saurabh Soni, Ajay Banjare, Ganga Das Verma, Shiva Rajput (60), Deepak Verma and Raju Sahu. The bodies have been sent to the SRN Hospital in Prayagraj for autopsy, the DCP said. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed grief over the loss of lives in the accident. The chief minister’s office posted on X, “UPCM @myogiadityanath has expressed deep condolences on the loss of lives in a road accident in Prayagraj district. He has expressed condolences to the bereaved families.” One dead in Firozabad In another incident, a 33-year-old man from Rajasthan died as a bus caught fire in UP’s Firozabad. The bus caught fire on the Lucknow-Agra Expressway early on Saturday, police said. Pawan Sharma, from Rajasthan’s Nagaur, was among the 52 passengers, the police said. Other passengers are safe. On Friday night, the bus left for Nagaur from Ayodhya. On the expressway at around 4 am, the vehicle caught fire, SP (City) Ravi Shankar Prasad said. The body has been sent for post-mortem examination and other passengers were sent to their respective destinations by another bus, , the police said.
