2 dead as double-decker bus carrying 25 passengers overturns in Delhi's Karol Bagh

The bus that overturned was coming from Rajasthan and the Delhi fire department reportedly received a call at around 1:08 am.

Two people were killed and over 20 others were injured after a bus lost control and overturned near Jhandewalan Temple in central Delhi's Karol Bagh in the early hours of Wednesday.

Visuals from near the Jhandewalan Temple in Karol Bagh showed a mangled bus on the side of the road. (ANI)

Police said the bus was on its way from Rajasthan's Jaipur with around 25 passengers on board.

Officials said they were informed about the accident at 1:08 am, after which multiple teams were rushed to the spot for rescue operations. The injured passengers were pulled out of the overturned vehicle and shifted to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital and Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital.

Preliminary investigation suggested that the driver may have lost control of the vehicle, leading to the bus overturning, though the exact cause of the accident is yet to be ascertained.

Police have initiated a probe to determine the sequence of events leading to the accident.

The accident comes weeks after a private double-decker bus rammed into a moving van on the Yamuna Expressway in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras, killing at least six people. The bus was travelling from Delhi to Gorakhpur and the accident occurred when the bus driver was attempting to overtake the Eeco van, police had said.