Samastipur (Bihar), Aug 20 : At least five pilgrims, including two women, were killed and 40 others injured when the bus in which they were travelling overturned on National Highway 2 in Bihar''s Samastipur District today.

According to police official, the bus which was on the way to Deoghar in Jharkhand from Mahant-Maniari village in Muzaffarpur district, turned off the road and plunged into a roadside ditch near Tajpur last midnight.

Injured were being treated at the Sadar hospital here. (ANI)