5 Killed as Vehicles Catch Fire Following Car-Bus Collision on Yamuna Expressway in UP’s Mathura

Mathura: At least five persons died when the vehicles caught fire following a car-bus collision on the Yamuna Expressway in Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura on Monday.

This accident occurred in Mathura’s Mahavan area when a Maruti Suzuki Swift car crashed into a bus, which had hit a divider. Both vehicles caught fire after the collision.

The passengers on the bus managed to escape. But the five persons in the car could not come out of the burning car. They were charred to death.

Preliminary investigation suggests that the bus lost control and hit the divider after its tyre burst.

The bus was travelling to Noida from Agra. Police and fire brigade teams reached the spot after the accident.