Kanpur, Aug. 10 -- : Forty-three passengers were injured after two private buses met with separate accidents on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway in Unnao early on Sunday. Police said 32 of the injured, who sustained serious injuries, were referred to higher medical facilities.

The two accidents took place within about 15 minutes of each other in the Bangarmau and Behta Mujawar police station areas. The incidents prompted a swift response from ambulances, police and emergency teams, who rushed to the accident sites and the Bangarmau Community Health Centre (CHC).

The first accident occurred at around 4:45 am near Devkhari village in the Bangarmau area. A private bus travelling from Delhi to Gonda with around 65 passengers crashed into the rea...