A major accident was averted on Friday night when Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Minister for Women and Child Development, Baby Rani Maurya, narrowly escaped injury after her car collided with a truck on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway.

According to officials, the Minister was travelling from Agra to Lucknow after attending several events in her charge district, Hathras. The incident took place near Naseerpur area in Firozabad district, around the 56th kilometre mark of the expressway.

Police said traffic on the expressway was temporarily operating in a single lane when the truck moving ahead of the Minister's Fortuner reportedly suffered a tyre burst. The vehicle lost control and rammed into her car. The impact left the Maurya's vehicle badly damaged, though no one sustained injuries.

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