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According to authorities, the school bus that struck an SUV head-on this morning on the Delhi-Meerut Motorway had been going on the wrong side of the road for eight km. The disaster that claimed the lives of a family's six members was caught on CCTV. Two suffered critical injuries.
The school bus that struck an SUV head-on this morning on the Delhi-Meerut Motorway was traveling on the wrong side for eight km, according to authorities. The disaster that claimed six family members' lives was caught on CCTV.#BusAccident #Bus #Schoolbus #TheSwipeUp pic.twitter.com/Wl8puj7pYY
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In Ghaziabad, the accident happened at about six in the morning. According to Ramanand Kushwaha, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police, Traffic (Ghaziabad), the bus had stopped at a CNG station close to the Ghazipur border and has since been traveling on the wrong side of the motorway.
After the collision, the bus driver was detained, the witness claimed. "The bus operator was detained. He was traveling to the incorrect side, which was all his responsibility, the official claimed.
The tragedy happened while the family was crossing Vijay Nagar Chowk in Ghaziabad on their way from Meerut to Gurugram. There were eight occupants in the automobile, according to the police.
The police claim that the collision was so severe that bodies were trapped in the front part of the vehicle and could only be freed after the doors were cut with a gas cutter.