A car and bus collided at Burqi Chowk in Rawalpindi that set the car ablaze and killed two car passengers on Thursday.

According to the sources, quoting rescue sources, the car caught fire when the gas cylinder burst after colliding with the bus due to which two passengers of the car were burnt to death.

The bus belonging to a semi-government institution was on its way to pick students when the incident took place. Bus driver and conductor fled from the scene after the accident.