Mumbai:
Several school children are feared dead in a bus accident in Maharashtra's Buldhana district.
The state transport bus they were travelling in fell off a bridge into the Purna river. The bodies of the driver and the helper, along with some of the children, are among the 17 bodies recovered from the river. A teenage girl died on the way to the hospital, taking the death toll in the accident to 18.
The injured are being treated at a government hospital in Akola.
At least 55 people were travelling in the bus at the time of the accident, sources in the Maharashtra State Transport Corporation said.
The state transport bus they were travelling in fell off a bridge into the Purna river. The bodies of the driver and the helper, along with some of the children, are among the 17 bodies recovered from the river. A teenage girl died on the way to the hospital, taking the death toll in the accident to 18.
The injured are being treated at a government hospital in Akola.
At least 55 people were travelling in the bus at the time of the accident, sources in the Maharashtra State Transport Corporation said.
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