India, Oct. 24 -- A 40-year-old tourist bus driver was killed and 15 passengers injured after the bus, carrying pilgrims from Maharashtra, collided with a container truck on National Highway 19 (GT Road) in Bihar's Gaya district early Friday morning.

The pilgrims, from several districts of Maharashtra, were travelling to Gaya and Bodh Gaya from Nasik when the driver lost control of the speeding bus, which went out of control and met with the accident around 2 a.m.

"The passengers were injured when the driver suddenly turned the bus steering to avoid collision with an oncoming vehicle," injured passengers said.

Police said that two of the passengers were in critical condition. "The collision was so strong that the front portion of the b...