India, April 4 -- A private bus ferrying employees of a Panvel-based firm to Goa for a vacation toppled over in the ghats near Nagothane on the Mumbai-Goa Highway (NH-66) in the early hours on Friday, killing at least two passengers and injuring 9-10 others critically. The accident occurred in the Sukeli Khind section as the driver was speeding and failed to negotiate a sharp bend while going uphill, survivors and police officers said.

Inspector Sachin Kulkarni from Nagothane police station said the driver, who was among the 38 people injured in the accident, had been booked for rash driving that endangers human life and causing death by negligence.

"We are recording statements of the survivors and conducting a technical inspection of t...