India News | MP: Two Students Killed, 20 Hurt as Their Vehicle Collides with Bus on Way to School
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Two students of a school were killed and 20 others injured, four of them critically, on Tuesday when their pick-up vehicle collided with a bus in Madhya Pradesh's Rewa district, police said.
Bhopal, Dec 20 (PTI) Two students of a school were killed and 20 others injured, four of them critically, on Tuesday when their pick-up vehicle collided with a bus in Madhya Pradesh's Rewa district, police said.
The incident occurred near Patiyari village on the Jawa-Dabhora road, about 70 km away from the Rewa district headquarters, under the limits of Panwar police station, said Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Venkateshwar Rao.
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"Two girls, aged six and eleven who were students of class 1 and 5 respectively, were killed. 20 other students, aged 8 to 10 years, were injured. Four of them are critical. They are undergoing treatment at the Rewa Medical College," he told reporters.
The pick-up vehicle was going to drop students at a private school located at Jawa.
Legal action is being taken against owners and operators of the pick-up vehicle and the passenger bus, officials said.
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