India, Nov. 27 -- Ferozepur

Two passengers died and 14 others were injured when a Punjab Roadways bus travelling from Sirsa to Fazilka collided head-on with a scrap-laden truck in Fazilka on Wednesday evening, officials said.

According to information, the bus, carrying nearly 40 passengers, was nearing Tahliwala village around 7.30 pm when the truck approached from the opposite direction on the single-lane road. The impact was so severe that the bus driver remained pinned to the steering column for nearly 45 minutes.

Residents and passers-by rushed to the site even before emergency services arrived, helping pull injured passengers out of the mangled bus and shifting them to the Fazilka civil hospital.

Police from Arniwala reached soon...