2 students killed as private bus overturns on Amritsar-Pathankot national highway

22 May 2026 • 3:24 PM MYT
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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.

“The 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.