2 kids dead as school bus falls 150ft down ghat section in Maharashtra

NASHIK: An eight-year-old lad and a 14-year-old miss were killed and much than 30 others injured erstwhile the schoolhouse autobus they were travelling successful fell much than 150 feet down a ghat conception successful Maharashtra's Nandurbar territory Sunday, reports Santosh Sonawane.Inspector Sarang Navalkar of the section Akkalkuwa constabulary presumption said the injured students are successful the property radical of 6 to 17 years. "There were 52 students successful the autobus astatine the clip of the accident," helium said.Students were from an aided ashramshala for tribal students successful Jalgaon territory and had travel location for Diwali vacations. "On Sunday afternoon, the autobus arrived to instrumentality them backmost to the ashramshala. The driver, portion descending the Amlibari ghat section, mislaid power astatine a turning, causing the autobus to autumn astir 150 feet into a stream," Navalkar said. Police were successful the process of registering an FIR against the autobus driver.