Barabanki Tragedy: Tree Falls on Roadways Bus, 5 Dead Including Govt Officers

Five people, including a teacher, two Assistant Development Officers, and a roadways driver, were killed on Friday when a tree fell on a Barabanki–Haidergarh roadways bus near Harkh intersection, Uttar Pradesh. Four of the deceased were women. One passenger is critically injured.

Police said the accident occurred around 11 AM when the driver swerved to avoid an animal, hitting an electric pole and then a tree. The impact caused the tree to crash onto the bus, crushing its roof. The bus was carrying about 60 passengers.

A video from the scene shows a trapped woman angrily telling a man filming, “We are dying and you are making videos… If you had helped remove the branch, we could have come out.”

Rescue operations lasted over 90 minutes, with locals, police, and a bulldozer removing the tree. The deceased were identified as Shiksha Malhotra (teacher), Meena Srivastava (ADO–Welfare), Juhi Saxena (ADO–Statistics), Rakibul Nisha, and driver Santosh Soni.

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