Lucknow, Nov. 9 -- At least two people were killed, and 42 others hospitalised after a passenger bus overturned at the Zero Point on the Lucknow-Agra Expressway on Monday.

Police, State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and Fire Department personnel rushed to the spot and launched a rescue operation, evacuating passengers from the overturned bus. Ambulances were also deployed to transport the injured to nearby hospitals.

Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak visited to see the injured at a trauma centre.

Speaking to ANI, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), West, Jitendra Kumar Srivastava said the bus was travelling from Delhi when it overturned within the jurisdiction of the local police station, leaving several passengers i...