Thirty-six people in northern India are dead and another 28 are injured following a collision between a bus and a vehicle carrying mourners from a funeral, an official news agency reported on December 26.
The crash occurred late on December 25 outside Badaun, in Uttar Pradesh state, District Magistrate Amit Gupta said.
The state government bus collided with a vehicle, known as a matador that was transporting people back from a ceremony marking the last rites of a relative, Badaun police Superintendent D.K. Chaudhary said.
Thirty-four people were pronounced dead soon after the crash, while five of the 30 hurt were seriously wounded, officials said. Two people died of their injuries early on Sunday.
Details of the accident were not available.
CNN
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