Uttar Pradesh minister Baby Rani Maurya narrowly escaped a road accident when her car was hit by a truck on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway on Friday night.

Maurya, the state women's welfare and child development minister, was returning to Lucknow after attending various official programmes in Hathras district when the incident occurred near the 56th kilometre mark in Firozabad.

The truck, which was travelling ahead of the minister’s car, suffered a sudden tyre blowout, causing it to skid uncontrollably and collide with her vehicle, Sirsaganj's SDM Anivesh Kumar said.

The minister had a miraculous escape, though her car was severely damaged. She later travelled to Lucknow in another vehicle.

"I am safe by the infinite grace of Parampita Parameshwar and all of you, my dear well-wishers,” Ma

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