Firozabad (UP), Aug 18 (PTI) A driver of a mini bus was among two persons killed and 24 others injured when the vehicle overturned after hitting a divider on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway on Wednesday morning, police said.

The bus carrying labourers was going to Delhi from Assam when the accident took place.

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Of the 24 injured passengers, 12 have been admitted to a hospital in Saifai, while the rest were discharged after first aid.

Superintendent of Police, Akhilesh Narayan, said the bus was carrying 35 labourers to Delhi.

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As the bus reached Naseerpur in Firozabad, the driver felt drowsy and rammed the vehicle into a divider.

A woman killed in the accident is yet to be identified.

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