Delhi-bound UP roadways bus runs over pedestrians, falls into ditch; two dead, several hurt

Two people were killed and over a dozen others injured on Tuesday when a Delhi-bound roadways bus careened off the road and crashed into pedestrians before falling into a roadside ditch here, police said.

The accident took place near Bilsuri village on the Bulandshahr-Sikandrabad road, they said.

The driver lost control of the Uttar Pradesh roadways bus while overtaking another vehicle, police said, citing a passenger.

The bus of the Ghazipur depot crashed into five pedestrians, killing two of them, they said.

A police team rushed the injured, which include some bus passengers, to hospital. The bus was lifted using a crane, police said.