Two people have died at Patasi in Kumasi after a school bus lost control of its steering and crashed into them in front of a storey building.

The deceased have been identified as 74-year-old Maame Serwaa and a man known only as Alfred, believed to be in his late 40s.

One other person sustained critical injuries.

According to eyewitnesses, the victims were engaged in a conversation near the house when the bus ran over them.