At least 24 children killed when bus, truck collide in India
A truck loaded with sand collided with a school bus early Thursday, killing at least 24 young children in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, police said.
At least two dozen other children were injured in the collision when the speeding truck collided head-on with the bus, said Javeed Ahmed, the state's top police official.
The children, between the ages of 3 and 12, were studying at a school in the town of Etah.
