ROHTAK: Two women passengers were killed and 12 others were injured when a private Volvo bus going from Amritsar to Delhi overturned on National Highway 1 near Rai town in Sonepat district on Wednesday morning.
Police said the accident occurred around 5.30am when the bus driver tried to avoid colliding with a truck. The tyres of the bus hit iron rods on the roadside of a nearby construction site, which led to its overturning.
More than 50 people were travelling in the bus. The injured were rushed to the government hospital in Sonepat.