15 hurt as bus overturns

Fifteen passengers were injured when a mini-bus overturned near a railway crossing here today, police said.

The accident happened when the driver of the mini-bus, on its way from Khamano to Fatehgarh Sahib, apparently tried to cross the railway track from a wrong side, police said.

Both the driver and the conductor jumped from the bus before it overturned and fled the scene, they said.

The injured were admitted to a hospital, police said.