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 rear of a truck after its driver, Ashiq Khan, reportedly fell asleep while driving. Khan and seven passengers were injured in the collision. Around 15 minutes later, at about 5 am, another private bus carrying nearly 60 passengers from Delhi to Lucknow overturned near Shadipur village in the Behta Mujawar area after its driver, Ankit, reportedly dozed off. " Around 40 people were injured and those with serious injuries were referred to the district hospital," said Akhilesh Chandra Pandey, Station house officer (SHO), Bangarmau. UPEIDA and police carried out rescue operations. All the injured were taken to Bangarmau CHC, where 32 seriously injured passengers were referred to higher medical facilities. Police said both crashes were caused by drivers falling asleep. Traffic was later restored. The injured were from Ayodhya, Basti, Sant Kabir Nagar, Gonda, Gorakhpur, Lucknow, Agra, Barabanki, Firozabad, Delhi and Nepal....