7 Dead as bus runs over pilgrims sleeping by road in Bulandshahr

Four women and three children were mowed down by a ‘speeding’ bus in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr early morning on Friday, 11 October.

The victims were sleeping on the roadside when the bus crushed them.

According to initial reports, the victims belonged to Hathras in UP and were returning after visiting the Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir after taking a dip in the Ganga river.The private bus, was also returning with pilgrims from Vaishno Devi.

The driver is reported to be escaped after the accident. All the bodies have been sent for post mortem, the police said.