5 Killed as Private Bus Rams into Two Buses in Ambala

12 passengers got injured.

Ambala: On Monday morning, near Ambala, five people were killed on Ambala-Chandigarh national highway when a Delhi-bound private bus rammed two other tourist buses which were parked on the roadside, police said.

Twelve passengers were injured in the accident and they were admitted in Civil Hospital in Ambala city.

They said, most of the passengers in the buses were sleeping when the accident occurred in the morning.

Police said that the deceased were identified as Rahul (21), a resident of Jharkhand, Pardeep Kumar (22) of Uttar Pradesh, Mena Bai (4) Chhattisgarh, Rohit Kumar (53) from Chhattisgarh and an unidentified passenger too.

Two of the buses were badly damaged in the accident and have to be removed from the highway.

Police said all three buses involved in the accident were private vehicles.

Police added that it seems the bus coming from the Jammu side rammed into the parked buses after it tried to overtake the vehicles going towards Delhi.

The police then said, the driver of the offending bus, which was on its way from Jammu to Delhi, fled from the site. A case has been registered against the unknown driver.