Manipur: School bus overturns, 7 students killed
Manipur: School bus overturns, 7 students killed
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IMPHAL: As many as 7 students were killed and more than 18 injured, many of them in a critical situation, after a school bus reportedly overturned in Manipur's Noney district on Wednesday, the police said. 

The bus carrying the students suddenly overturned when the driver was negotiating a turn on Old Cachar Road near the Longsai neighborhood of the mountainous district killing at least 7 students on the spot and injuring 20 others. The injured were taken to different hospitals, where 2 students succumbed to their injuries.
The death toll is expected to increase as the condition of many of the students was stated to be critical. The accident site is nearly  55 kilometers from the capital Imphal.

The police mentioned that the students of Thambalnu Higher Secondary School went on an annual school study picnic to Khoupum in the Noney district in 2 buses. The bus on which girl students were traveling met with an accident.

Expressing shock over the accident, Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh, tweeted: "Deeply saddened to hear about the accident of a bus carrying school children at the Old Cachar Road today. State Disaster Response Fund, Medical team, and MLAs have rushed to the site to coordinate the rescue operation. Praying for the safety of everyone on the bus."
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