US EditionSix killed as speeding container runs over passengers on Yamuna Expressway in Mathura
- Early Saturday morning on the Yamuna Expressway, a container truck rammed a parked sleeper bus in Mathura, killing six and injuring three, local police said.
- The bus had stopped after passengers requested a bathroom break and halted on the roadside instead of a designated green zone, where several people alighted and were struck by a high-speed container truck.
- Authorities identified the deceased as Sonu , Devesh , Aslam , Santosh , Anurag , and Pramod ; injured include Amar Dubey and Shivkant Dubey .
- Authorities said they will provide ex-gratia compensation and are tracing the truck driver who fled, as police registered a case and sent the bodies for post-mortem.
- This crash follows another incident last month on the same expressway, the second major accident near Mathura after a January 22 double-decker bus fire near milestone 110 controlled by four fire tenders.
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Mathura Road Accident: 6 Dead As Speeding Container Truck Rams Into Bus Passengers on Yamuna Expressway (Watch Video) | 📰 LatestLY
At least six people were killed early Saturday morning when a speeding container truck ran over passengers on the Yamuna Expressway. The victims had reportedly deboarded a bus when the heavy vehicle struck them at high speed. Local authorities and emergency teams reached the site immediately to initiate rescue operations. 📰 Mathura Road Accident: 6 Dead As Speeding Container Truck Rams Into Bus Passengers on Yamuna Expressway (Watch Video).
Truck crushes bus passengers on Yamuna Expressway, 6 die tragically – Obnews
In a horrific early-morning accident on February 7, 2026, a speeding container truck mowed down passengers on the Yamuna Expressway near Mathura in Uttar Pradesh, killing six people and seriously injuring at least one. The incident occurred around 2:45 am near Milestone 88 under the jurisdiction of Surir police station. A bus going from Delhi to Kanpur had stopped for a while on the roadside so that some passengers could get down – it is said th…
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