2 women killed, 5 injured in road accident in Haryana

Two women were killed and five others injured on Wednesday when a passenger bus overturned after trying to avert a collision with a truck in Haryana's Sonipat district, police said. The accident occurred in the early hours on the highway near Biswamil Chowk near Rai village in Sonipat, they said.

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"The driver of the bus lost control over the vehicle when a truck appeared on the road near a turn. The bus turned turtle, leaving two women passengers, aged between 35-40 years, dead and five others injured," a police official said.

He said the injured were hospitalised, including one with serious injuries, who was referred to PGIMS hospital at Rohtak. The official said a few other passengers sustained minor cuts or bruises and did not require any hospitalisation.

A passenger, who was travelling in the bus, told reporters in Sonipat that he was asleep when he suddenly felt a severe jolt. "I heard people crying out loudly. The next thing I knew that it was a serious road accident," he said. 

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