NEW DELHI: At least 12 children were killed when a school bus collided with a truck laden with bricks in northern India on Monday morning, police said.
The incident occurred when a school bus carrying 30 children was on its way to school crashed with a brick-laden truck on the outskirts of Jalandhar, said police officer Harmeet Singh.
Seven children died at the scene of the accident and further five succumbed to their injuries in a hospital, Singh said. Police were looking for the truck driver, who fled after the accident, he added.
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