Two students killed as bus overturns on Amritsar-Pathankot national highway

A private bus overturned on the Amritsar-Pathankot highway, resulting in the deaths of two students and injuring five others, including three with head injuries.

A private bus overturned on the Amritsar-Pathankot national highway on Friday, leaving two students dead and five injured, police said.

The deceased, both aged around 23, hailed from Jammu, Station House Officer Rajwant Kaur said.

The deceased were students of a college in Punjab, she said, adding that around 10 students were among the passengers travelling in the bus.

''Five injured, including three who sustained head injuries, were shifted to a hospital in Gurdaspur,'' the officer said.

The cause of the accident is yet to be ascertained.