40 pilgrims injured as bus rams into tree in UP

At least 40 pilgrims, including women and children, were injured when their bus crashed into a tree in the Ratanpura area here in the early hours of Sunday, police said.

The bus was going to Ballia from Ayodhya.

The accident occurred around 1:30 am on the Ratanpura-Mubarakpur road under the Haldharpur police station area when the driver lost control of the bus and rammed it into a roadside tree, police said.