(UTV|COLOMBO) – An investigation has been launched after 27 people, most of them children, died when a school bus fell into a gorge in a mountainous region of India, the BBC reported.
Most of the passengers were below the age of 10, police said. The bus driver and two teachers were also killed in the accident on Monday evening.
The incident occurred in the northern state of Himachal Pradesh.
Road accidents are common in India, often due to poor driving or badly maintained roads and vehicles.
The reasons behind the accident are not yet clear, according to an official statement.
Monday’s accident, which occurred about 325km (200 miles) from the state capital, Shimla, involved a bus transporting some 40 students from Wazir Ram Singh Pathania Memorial school in Nurpur in the country’s Kangra district.
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