Two passengers had been killed and 17 had been injured after a Haryana Roadways bus and a personal bus collided at Kurali in Mohali district round Sunday midnight.

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Police registered a case of rash and negligent driving in opposition to Mukesh Kumar, the driving force of the Haryana Roadways bus, as passengers he was dashing. He misplaced management of the car and collided with the personal bus whereas overtaking a automobile. After the collision, the roadways bus rammed into the railing of a bridge from the place it hung precariously.

The Haryana Roadways bus was on its method from Baijnath in Kangra district to Faridabad, whereas the personal bus was headed to Jalandhar, the place its passengers had been to attend a non secular discourse.

The deceased had been recognized as Kulwant Singh, 70, a resident of Jalandhar, and Ranjana, 35, of Kangra.

Ranjana was touring within the Haryana Roadways bus and fell off the bus as its windshield broke. She fell from 80 toes because the bus hung from the bridge. She died on the spot. Mukesh Kumar, the bus driver, additionally fell down and suffered accidents within the legs.

The personal bus rammed into the opposite aspect of the railing. One of its passengers, Kulwant Singh, was killed within the accident.

There had been 50 passengers on board the Haryana Roadways bus and 40 on the personal bus.

Ashok Kumar, one of many passengers of the Haryana Roadways bus, mentioned that the driving force was driving rashly regardless of requests from passengers to decelerate.

The injured passengers are present process therapy on the civil hospital in Kurali, whereas 4 of them had been referred to Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh.

Mukesh Kumar, the driving force, was booked underneath Sections 279 and 304 of the Indian Penal Code at Kurali police station. He is present process therapy on the civil hospital.