29 dead after bus falls from bridge in Uttar Pradesh

Agra: Twenty-nine people were killed and 18 injured after a bus skidded off the Yamuna Expressway and fell from a bridge in Uttar Pradesh on Monday, police said.The Awadh Depot Janrath bus (UP 33 AT 5877) was going from carrying Lucknow to Anand Vihar and had at least 50 passengers on board, they said.According to sources, the bus fell from a height of 50 feet after the bus driver reportedly lost control of the vehicle and had rammed into a divider, falling into a ‘Jharna Nalla’.”One sleeper coach passenger bus travelling from Lucknow to Delhi met with an accident on Yamuna Expressway (sic),” the Uttar Pradesh Police said on Twitter.Officials said the bus fell into a large drain near Etmadpur and gushing water was making it difficult to conduct rescue operations.