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Lucknow Agra Expressway Bus Overturn Near Zero Point, Para, Uttar Pradesh: Three Dead and About 45 Injured as a Chhath-Bound Bus From Rewari Falls Into a Ditch; Tyre Burst Reported, Drinking Alleged by Passengers, Inquiry Ordered

At about 6 to 7.15 am on Monday 9 November 2026 a private passenger bus carrying 50 to 60 people from Rewari in Rajasthan (Patrika and Tennews say Bhiwadi) towards Chhapra in Bihar broke through the railing of the Lucknow-Agra Expressway near the Zero Point in the Para police station area and fell into a ditch. Patrika and Times of India put the fall at about 40 feet, Sandesh Wahak at about 15 feet. Many passengers were Chhath travellers. Patrika quotes the district magistrate and the health minister: three dead, one brought dead to the KGMU trauma centre and two declared dead at Lok Bandhu hospital. India TV, Sandesh Wahak and Tennews put the injured at about 45, and the minister's split of 31 at Lok Bandhu and 13 at the trauma centre adds to 44; Patrika and Times of India headlines say 40. Early Aaj Tak and Hindi headlines said one dead and 35 injured and were superseded. Police, fire crews, two SDRF teams and a JCB cut open the bus and freed 15 to 16 trapped people, including a child, in about 35 minutes (Tennews). Patrika and Sandesh Wahak report a front right tyre burst; passengers allege the driver and conductor had been drinking and had stopped several times, which is unconfirmed. The chief minister took cognisance and an inquiry was ordered.