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6 children, driver killed as school bus falls into gorge in Himachal Pradesh's Sirmaur

6 children were among 7 dead when a bus carrying students fell into a gorge in Himachal Pradesh's Sirmaur district.

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A school bus fell into a gorge in HP's Nahan (Photo: Zee Media)
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Seven people, including six schoolchildren, were killed when a bus carrying students fell into a gorge in Himachal Pradesh's Sirmaur district on Saturday.

According to information provided by police, there were 19 people in the bus when it met with an accident on Dadahu-Sangrah road. 

A private bus carrying students of DAV School, Renuka, fell into a gorge. Seven people -- six schoolchildren and the bus driver -- were killed, Superintendent of Police, Sirmaur, Rohit Malpani said.

Soon after the accident, police and locals took the injured children to Dadahu hospital from where critically injured were referred to Nahan. The driver of the bus and five children are said to have succumbed to injuries.

Four people -- Samir (5), Adarsh (7), Kartik (14) and driver Ram Swaroop (40) -- died on the spot. Abhishek, his sister Sanjana and Naitik Chauhan succumbed to their injuries at the Nahan Medical College, the SP said.

The twelve people injured in the accident have been hospitalised. The condition of some of them is critical, he said.

Ten of the 12 injured schoolchildren were identified as Sandhya, Rakshita, Anjali, Rajiv, Aayush, Vaishanvi, Dhruv, Mannat, Aarushi and Sunder Singh. 

DSP Headquarter Babita Rana said the police reached the spot soon after it received information about the accident. She said the condition of some of the injured students is critical who have been shifted to Nahan.

Assembly Speaker Rajiv Bindal reached the Nahan Medical College to inquire about the health of children.

(With PTI inputs)

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