A school bus carrying students was hit by a speeding truck in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal on Thursday which killed at least one student and left several others injured.
The accident took place near Bhouri Bypass in Bhopal on Thursday morning while they were returning from a campus visit to the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research and the truck hit the bus from behind in high speed.
The injured students have been sent to different hospital in the district.
India Today quoted a police official saying, "A total of nine children have been sent to different hospitals. The kids were travelling in a bus and the speeding truck, in a bid to overtake the school bus, rammed it from behind. The kids who were sitting in the back of the bus have been injured. Two kids received severe injuries, and we'll get to know about the nature of their injuries once the hospitals provide an update."
The locals and passerby rushed in to rescue the students and helped to provide immediate medical attention.
The police authorities have started an investigation on the accident site and details of the speeding truck is yet to be known.
