5 burnt alive as car crashes into bus on Yamuna Expressway in Mathura

Uttar Pradesh: At least five people were burnt alive in a collision between a car and a bus on the Yamuna Expressway in Mathuraon on Monday.

Mathura: A gruesome accident took place in Mathura in Uttar Pradesh in which five people traveling in a car were burnt alive after their vehicle collided with a passenger bus on Monday. The incident took place on the Yamuna Expressway in Mathura's Mahavan when the bus went out of control and crashed into a divider. The deceased persons were traveling in the Swift Dzire car, which hit the bus from behind. The collision was so violent that a fire broke out in the bus after it hit the partition wall.

Police and fire brigade arrived on the scene after inquiring about the accident.

Video from the scene of the accident shows both the bus and car were destroyed by fire as thick, black smoke billowed out.

The passengers in the bus somehow managed to escape from the vehicle but the five persons trapped inside the car were charred to death, a senior police official said. “Preliminary investigation shows that the bus lost control and hit the divider after the tire burst,” Mathura Superintendent of Police Shailesh Pandey said.

“One of the victims has been identified and we are trying to identify other passengers,” he added.

(Remark: This is a developing story and further details will be added.)