As many as 28 passengers were injured when a double-decker bus they were travelling in overturned at the Eastern Peripheral Expressway in the Khekda area of Baghpat on Tuesday.
Official sources said that the driver of the double-decker bus, which was going towards Bareilly from Baddi town in Solan district of Himachal Pradesh, lost control over the wheel and the bus overturned on the Eastern Peripheral Expressway in Khekda area at around 2 am on Tuesday and 28 passengers sustained serious injuries.
Upon receiving information, the local police and District Magistrate Shakuntala Gautam reached the spot. The district administration launched a rescue operation and admitted all the injured passengers to the district hospital.
Five critically injured passengers were referred to the Meerut medical college hospital while four passengers were discharged after first aid.
Following the accident, there was a long jam at the expressway. Later, the officials restored the traffic.