Seventeen people died and 25 were injured after a bus hit a divider and crashed near Mainpuri in Uttar Pradesh early Wednesday morning.
A number of people had been travelling on the roof of the bus.
The injured were rushed to hospital.
The bus, carrying 60-70 people, was coming from Jaipur in Rajasthan and heading towards Farrukhabad. The accident happened near Tirathpur village at around 5.30 am, Mainpuri Superintendent of Police Ajay Shankar Rai told PTI over the phone.
Sixteen people, including a woman, died on the spot while another person succumbed to his injuries at Saifai hospital, Rai said. Their identities were being ascertained.
Rai added that some of the injured were in critical condition.
That included the bus driver. Rai said doctors had had to amputate the driver's left leg.
It is not yet known what caused the accident although news reports said the driver had been speeding before the crash.
UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced ex-gratiapayments of Rs 2 lakh to the families of each of the deceased and Rs 50,000 to those seriously injured.
(With inputs from PTI)