MUZAFFARNAGAR: Fifty people were injured when a bus overturned and fell into a ditch on Delhi-Haridwar national highway at Haredi bypass Sunday morning, police said.
Superintendent of Police (City) Ombir Singh said the incident occurred about 25 km from here when a bus was carrying 60 passengers from Govindpuri in Delhi to Haridwar for idol immersion in Ganga river.
The vehicle overturned due to a pothole on the road, Singh said, adding the police rushed to the spot on receiving information about the incident.
Nineteen out of the 50 injured were rushed to a hospital for treatment, the official said.