10 dead, 37 injured in north India road accident

NEW DELHI, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) — At least 10 people died and 37 others were injured in a road accident in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, confirmed a police officer to Xinhua over phone.
The road accident occurred on the Badaun-Meerut state highway in the Bulandshahr district when a passenger vehicle collided head-on with a bus coming from the opposite direction.
All the deceased were passengers in the vehicle, which was carrying nearly 20 people. ■