AGRA, May 23 -- A 45-year-old bus driver and a 60-year-old woman passenger were charred to death, while nearly 14 others sustained injuries after a private double-decker bus crashed into an overturned dumper truck on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway. The truck had reportedly first hit the divider and overturned on the road, said police on Friday.

The deceased were identified as bus driver Shambhu and Gayashree Sahu, both residents of Kanpur, said incharge of Matsena police station Vimlesh Tripathi, adding that the woman was seated in the front row and could not escape from the bus. Their charred bodies were recovered later.

The accident occurred around 2 am on Friday within the jurisdiction of the Matsena police station area in Firozabad. Th...