Panchkula, June 21 -- A 40-year-old bus conductor was killed and several passengers sustained injuries after a private bus collided with a tractor-trolley near a brick kiln in Golpura village under Raipur Rani police station limits in the early hours of Saturday.

According to the FIR registered by Raipur Rani Police, the accident occurred around 3:30 am on NH-7 near a Rajasthani brick kiln. The bus, bearing registration number of Uttar Pradesh, was travelling from Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, to Panchkula, Mohali and Baddi with passengers on board.

Complainant Pawan Singh, the bus driver and a resident of Moradabad district in Uttar Pradesh, stated that while he was attempting to overtake a tractor-trolley, its driver allegedly made a sudde...