Agra-Lucknow Expressway Multi-Vehicle Pile-Up Results in 1 Death and 12 Injuries in UP

In Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao, many cars crashed on the Agra-Lucknow highway as a result of heavy fog, which drastically decreased road visibility. A bus and other automobiles were involved in the serial accident.

The crash on the heavily fogged-over motorway has resulted in one fatality and more than a dozen injuries. Images from the scene of the collision show a Toyota Fortuner SUV striking the bus’s back end and a car colliding with the Fortuner. Ambulances were on hand to transport the wounded.

The force of the crash on the Agra-Lucknow road smashed the cars’ bonnets and rear ends.

An automobile collided with a home at high speed in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. Due to the intense haze, visibility has been severely limited, resulting in many fog-related accidents recorded across the state. Due to heavy fog, two trucks in Agra collided in the morning. Police are on the scene, and no injuries have been reported.

At the Delhi airport, more than 110 flights were impacted as thick fog covered northern India in the morning, reducing visibility to only 50 meters and obstructing traffic flow.

As the cold wave persists, the meteorological service issued a red notice for “very dense fog” in the nation’s capital. According to Northern Railways, there are up to 25 trains that are running late reaching Delhi.

Other than Delhi, a number of northern Indian cities awoke to misty conditions that hindered vision. Amritsar saw a very poor visibility of 0 meters, while Patiala, Lucknow, and Prayagraj reported extremely low visibility of 25 meters.

The Safdarjung Observatory in Delhi reported visibility as low as 50 meters, while the Palam Observatory near the Indira Gandhi International Airport recorded 125 meters. Commuters did, however, report significantly worse visibility in a few areas of the nation’s capital.

The city’s air quality likewise saw a precipitous drop after weeks of quite excellent air. As measured by the Air Quality Index, the average air quality fell to 381, or “very poor”.
Delhi’s lowest temperature fell to 7 degrees Celsius, while 24 degrees Celsius is predicted to be the highest.