Gurdaspur, May 23 -- Two students from Jammu were killed after a tourist bus overturned on the Amritsar-Pathankot national highway near Kaler Khurd village in Gurdaspur district on Friday morning.

Five other passengers were injured in the mishap, which also triggered a chain collision involving several vehicles on the busy highway.

According to police officials, the accident occurred around 7 am when the bus, travelling from Amritsar to Jammu, allegedly went out of control after the driver applied sudden brakes.

The vehicle overturned on the highway, tossing passengers out of their seats and leading to multiple vehicles crashing into each other from behind.

The deceased youths, whose identities could not be immediately ascertained, we...