Three persons were killed and eight others suffered seriousinjuries when the private bus they were travelling in collided with a dumperhere on Saturday, police said.

The private double-decker bus, travelling from Dehradun toNighasan in Lakhimpur Kehri district of Uttar Pradesh, met with an accidentnear Laugapar jungle in the morning, Superintendent of Police (Rural) AparnaGautam said

In the accident, Ramcharan (30) died on the spot whileFakhruddin (50) and another unidentified person succumbed to injuries duringtreatment, the SP said.The eight injured persons were rushed to the districthospital, she said, adding that the bodies of the deceased have been sent forpost-mortem.

Saturday's accident comes days after a UPSRTC bus fell off abridge in Agra on the Yamuna Expressway.Twenty-nine persons were killed and 18injured after the state-run bus skidded off the Yamuna Expressway and fell intoa large drain in Uttar Pradesh on July 8.

Three persons were killed and eight others suffered seriousinjuries when the private bus they were travelling in collided with a dumperhere on Saturday, police said.

The private double-decker bus, travelling from Dehradun toNighasan in Lakhimpur Kehri district of Uttar Pradesh, met with an accidentnear Laugapar jungle in the morning, Superintendent of Police (Rural) AparnaGautam said

In the accident, Ramcharan (30) died on the spot whileFakhruddin (50) and another unidentified person succumbed to injuries duringtreatment, the SP said.The eight injured persons were rushed to the districthospital, she said, adding that the bodies of the deceased have been sent forpost-mortem.

Saturday's accident comes days after a UPSRTC bus fell off abridge in Agra on the Yamuna Expressway.Twenty-nine persons were killed and 18injured after the state-run bus skidded off the Yamuna Expressway and fell intoa large drain in Uttar Pradesh on July 8.