Dausa, July 1 -- At least two passengers were killed and 19 others injured after a private bus travelling from Haridwar to Indore collided with a trailer and plunged into a roadside gorge on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Rajasthan's Dausa district in the early hours of Wednesday, police said.

The accident occurred near the rest area under the Kolwa police station limits at around 2-3 am. According to police, the bus lost control after hitting the trailer and fell into a gorge. A fire also broke out in the rear portion of the bus shortly after the crash, triggering panic among the passengers.

Most of the passengers were asleep when the accident occurred. Eyewitnesses said the impact of the collision was so severe that passengers sleepin...