Rohtak, Oct. 5 -- At least 15 passengers were injured after a bus and a dumper collided head-on near Nehru College on the Hansi-Barwala road, police said.

The bus was travelling from Hansi to Barwala. According to police, the accident took place when the bus carrying around 45 passengers collided with an oncoming dumper near the government college. The dumper was headed towards Barwala from Tosham in Bhiwani, loaded with gravel.

The impact wrecked the front of both vehicles. The bus's driving side was crushed, with the steering and engine parts torn loose and thrown several feet back and the driver's seat left jammed against the tyres. The dumper's front was also badly damaged.

Both drivers were seriously injured and taken to a Hisar h...