The vehicle was transporting the remains of Subedar Satyavan Fauji from Lucknow to Ghazipur when the crash occurred. Police and local administration officials reached the scene and began an investigation. Four people were killed after an ambulance carrying the mortal remains of an Army Subedar collided with a truck on the Purvanchal Expressway in Uttar Pradesh’s Sultanpur district on Sunday morning.
The collision occurred at around 5:30 a.m. near kilometre 85 of the expressway under the jurisdiction of Jaitpur police station. Additional Superintendent of Police Dr Tejveer Singh said, “Information was received through UP-112 that a Volvo bus and a truck had collided near kilometre 85 of the Gorakhpur Link Expressway under Jaitpur police station. Authorities have launched an investigation to determine the cause of the collision.
Officials said the ambulance was transporting the soldier’s mortal remains from Lucknow to Ghazipur at the time of the collision. The police immediately reached the spot and began rescue operations,” Singh said. Police identified the deceased as ambulance driver Jaspal, Rajan Singh, son of Bhupati, Gaurav Singh, son of Satyabhan, and Ram Samajh, son of Jaysingh. Further details regarding the circumstances leading to the crash are being examined. Police and local administration officials reached the accident site shortly after being alerted. The damaged vehicles were inspected as part of the inquiry, while officials worked to gather evidence and statements related to the incident. The accident comes days after another fatal road crash on an expressway in Uttar Pradesh. Local residents rushed to assist passengers and informed the authorities. Police teams conducted rescue operations and evacuated passengers trapped inside the bus. The injured were taken to the Community Health Centre in Nagpur for treatment. Officials continue to investigate both accidents as authorities monitor road safety conditions on the state’s expanding expressway network.
On Friday, a bus collided head-on with a trailer on the Gorakhpur Link Expressway in Ambedkar Nagar district, killing four people and injuring three others.
The accident took place at around 8:30 a.m. on the Purvanchal Expressway in Sultanpur district, according to officials. The ambulance was carrying the mortal remains of Army Subedar Satyavan Fauji and several passengers when it collided with a truck.
Earlier reporting noted: The accident occurred around 8.15am near Haliyapur on the Ayodhya-Sultanpur border, around kilometre marker 79.6 of the expressway.
Earlier reporting noted: According to police, the ambulance was travelling from Panchkula to Deoria carrying the mortal remains of Subedar Major Satyawan Singh when it crashed into a truck parked on the roadside. Earlier reporting noted: Police said Subedar Major Satyawan Singh, a resident of Rudrapur in Deoria, was serving in the Army and had been posted in Meerut. The impact of the crash proved fatal for four people travelling in the ambulance. Authorities responded to the incident soon after receiving information and initiated rescue and investigation efforts. The impact was so severe that the front portion of the ambulance was completely mangled. He had been undergoing treatment at the Command Hospital in Chandigarh and had undergone a kidney transplant.
