Mathura, Uttar Pradesh: At least 24 students were injured, four of them
critically, when a speeding truck rammed into their school bus here on
Saturday, police said.
The crash took place in Chhata area when the truck spun out of control and
rammed into Saraswati Shishu Mandir bus carrying the students.
"All the students are being treated at a hospital, where the condition of
four-five students is being stated as serious," police inspector Devendra
Kumar told reporters in Mathura, some 350 km from Lucknow.
"The injured students are in the age group of 8-14 years. Some of the
students who were trapped inside the school bus were rescued with the help of
the locals," he added.
Police are yet to nab the truck driver, who escaped after the crash.