Several other victims suffered minor injuries and were treated at the scene in San Jose.
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Four people were transported to area hospitals with major to moderate injuries.
The bus was traveling north on Highway 101 near Highway 85, Fox 2 reports.
Greyhound spokeswoman Lanesha Gipson said the bus – No. 86558 – was on schedule traveling from Los Angeles to San Francisco with stops in both San Jose and Oakland.
He said that after he and his girlfriend climbed out of the bus, they saw people lying face down on the concrete. The two people killed were adult females, according to the CHP.
In 2013, a Greyhound bus driver was blamed for an OH accident after “falling asleep or otherwise being distracted”, according to a lawsuit.
A truck driver, Keith Hill, who was on the highway at the time, said road conditions that morning were slippery and had been two days before.
CBS SF Bay Area and Bay City News Service said the northbound bus “careened into safety barrels” before it overturned and came to rest on the center divider.
It is unclear what caused the accident.
Two people died from being ejected from the bus, a CHP official said. Prosecutors have been notified, which is a routine measure, he said. Officials say the bus appears to have been the only vehicle involved.
Gipson said she could not comment on the driver claim but asserted that Greyhound drivers are required to have at least nine hours of sleep before a trip, which is one hour more than federal regulations.
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This story has been corrected to reflect that there were 20 passengers on the bus, not 39.
