Ratlam, February 15: Two persons were killed and 17 others injured when a passenger bus rammed into a stationary truck in Madhya Pradesh's Ratlam district on Wednesday morning, police said.

The accident took place at around 5 am on Jaora-Lebad road, located 20 km from the district headquarters, near Sarwar Jamunia village under Bilpank police station limits, an official said. Madhya Pradesh Road Accident: Driver Charred to Death As Oil Tanker Catches Fire Near Mhow.

The bus of the Rajasthan Roadways bus on way from Pune in Maharashtra to Bhilwara (Rajasthan) when it hit the stationary truck parked on a roadside, Bilpank police station in-charge O P Singh said. Madhya Pradesh Road Accident: Policeman Killed, Three Injured As Their Car Hits Vehicle in Shajapur.

Two bus drivers, aged 45 and 55, died on the spot, he said. Seventeen passengers received injuries and were undergoing treatment at a hospital in Ratlam.