1 boy dies, another survives as dads ask them to run errands

Bareilly: The bus accident at Shahjahanpur which killed 12 people, saw a couple of deaths which can best be described as tragic twists of fate.
A 10-year-old boy sent out of the bus to fetch a bottle of water by his father moments before a dumper truck crashed into it, survived while his dad, still in the bus, was killed. Another passenger and his wife, having dinner at the restaurant where bus had stopped, asked their son to keep a bag inside the bus.As the 15-year-old was doing so, the dumper truck came hurtling onto the bus. The teenager died while parents survived.
Yashraj, 10, travelling with his father Pramod Kumar (30), who passed away in the accident, recounted to TOI the sequence of events. "Our bus had halted at an eatery and my father and I had dinner. We then moved towards the bus but my father realised we needed a bottle of drinking water for the journey. So, he asked me to get one. Minutes later, a speeding truck came and crashed into the bus. All the passengers, including my father, were buried under the truck loaded with stones," said the boy, who still hasn't been able to come to terms with the fact that his father is no more.
Similarly, Rupesh Kumar was inconsolable after the accident. "I was having dinner with my wife and two kids. We sent our son Ajeet, 15, to the bus to keep a bag. Ajeet was about to enter the bus when it was hit by the truck. Who could tell that we'll lose him like this... I can't believe that this has happened,"Kumar said, tears flowing down his face.
Another passenger, Raj Karan, 19, too, lost his mother, Sonwati Devi, 45 in a somewhat similar manner. Karan was at the eatery finishing his meal while his mother had gone inside the bus to sleep. She was killed instantly when the dumper collided with the bus.
Providing details about the casualties, SSP Ashok Kumar Meena said, "Eleven people in the bus who were on their way to Purnagiri in Uttarakhand, were killed on the spot and one died at Shahjahanpur hospital. Nine people were injured. The bus was parked next to a roadside eatery on the Gola state highway in Khuthar where passengers were having dinner."