At least six children have been killed and 15 others injured after a school bus overturned in the Indian state of Haryana.
Police said the GL Public School bus had an accident near the Unhani village in the Mahendragarh district as the driver tried to overtake another vehicle on Thursday (11 April), reports the Hindustan Times.
The school was open despite the Eid-ul-Fitr holiday.
“The injured students were rushed to various hospitals in Mahendergarh and Narnaul. The official documents show that the bus's fitness certificate had expired six years ago in 2018,” a senior police official said.
Witnesses claimed the bus driver was drunk.
Haryana education minister Seema Trikha said she had instructed the police to visit the hospital where students are receiving treatment and to launch an investigation into the situation.
