Indore, Jan 5 (PTI) Five students of the Delhi PublicSchool (DPS) here were killed when their bus collided with atruck this afternoon, police said.
The bus driver was also killed, while four other studentswere injured in the mishap at a bypass near here, they said.
"The bus was carrying students of the Delhi Public School(DPS) when it collided with the truck at Kanadiya bypass. Fivestudents and the bus driver were killed in the accident whichoccurred because of a steering failure," Harinarayan ChariMishra, DIG (Indore), told PTI.
The injured were admitted to a private hospital here, hesaid.
Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Manoj Kumar Raisaid the school bus was on its way to drop the students totheir homes when the collision took place.
He said the front portion of the bus was badly damageddue to the impact of the crash.
Meanwhile, Home Minister Bhupendra Singh said he hassought a report on the accident from the DIG and the RTO.
Talking to the media, Minister for School EducationDeepak Joshi said the government will fix responsibility onschools regarding the safety of students.
"The government had issued guidelines for schools after aschool bus accident in Bhopal. We will fix responsibility onschools to ensure the safety of children." PTI HWP ADU MAS RSYTIR.
This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.