2 killed, 40 injured in school bus accident in Rajasthan's Jaisalmer

Jaisalmer: Two children were killed and 40 others injured when a school bus met with an accident in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer district on Thursday, police said. The accident happened in the Phalsunda area and the injured have been hospitalised, they said.

According to local SHO Anand Dev Mishra, 10 people, including eight children, were referred to a Meerut hospital after the accident.

Two children were declared dead, and two more are in critical condition, he added. The buses belong to the GD Goenka Public School and the Rabindranath Tagore School, the police said. It was found that one of the buses is registered in Haryana where its permit has expired.