Jalandhar: Four passengers were killed and at least 16 injured when a tourist bus overturned on Banga-Phagwara highway in Punjab ’s Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district on Monday morning.




Police said the driver likely fell asleep at the wheel moments after the vehicle descended an elevated stretch of the highway.




Police identified the deceased as Lovely Professional University (LPU) student Josna George of Kerala; Vishal Tuli of Amritsar; Aditya Gautam of Ludhiana and Ranjit Bharti of Jalandhar.




The injured included roughly half a dozen students from LPU who were travelling to a hill station following a 10-day university break triggered by recent campus protests.




Passersby and police rescued the injured, taking them to Guru Nanak Mission Hospital in Dhahan Kaleran.




Police registered a case under sections 281, 125, 125 (B) and 106 (1) of BNS against the bus driver.