India, March 26 -- One was getting ready for his wedding a month away. The other went to celebrate Eid, leaving behind his pregnant wife. On Wednesday, the stories of hope met a tragic end when a speeding bus overturned near Hanuman Mandir in Karol Bagh, killing the two men returning home from Jaipur.

Mahesh, 22, worked as a logistics worker and was one of the two who died in the post-midnight crash. The other was 30-year-old Shehbaj Alam, who was returning from Jaipur with his cousin after celebrating Eid. Alam left behind a three-month pregnant wife back home in Uttar Pradesh's Bijnor.

In the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday, a Delhi-bound tourist bus coming from Jaipur, allegedly being driven at a speed of around 100 km/h, ...