Pilibhit (Uttar Pradesh), Oct 17 (TIWN) Seven persons were killed and more than 30 others injured when a bus collided with a van in Puranpur area of Pilibhit district in Uttar Pradesh, police said on Saturday.

“The bus was coming to Pilibhit from Lucknow and the pickup was coming from Puraipur. The accident happened at the borders of Puranpur. The bus overturned in the fields as a result of which several people in the bus got crushed. Some occupants of the pickup also received injuries in the accident,” Jai Prakash told reporters.

According to ANI, the injured were rescued and taken to a nearby hospital and some of them were then referred to the district hospital after primary treatment. Police officials also said that most of the victims belonged to Pilibhit, the agency added