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20 schoolchildren injured in road accident in J-K's Kathua district

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ANI Kathua, (Jammu and Kashmir)

More than 20 children of KPS School were seriously injured after the school bus they were travelling in allegedly hit by a speeding truck head-on on the Jammu-Pathankot National Highway at Barnoti in Kathua district on Wednesday afternoon.

The children were on their way back home from the school when a speeding truck crashed into their school bus.

The injured students were rushed to the Kathua district hospital by locals and police, where their condition is said to be stable.

The truck driver is at large, while a case has been registered in this connection.

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First Published: May 11 2016 | 7:45 PM IST

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