Ahmedabad, December 23: Eight children were among 10 persons killed when a bus in which they were returning after enjoying a picnic fell into a 200-foot gorge in Gujarat’s Dang district, the police said on Sunday.
Around 80 persons, mostly students of a coaching centre in Surat, were travelling in the bus, which was on its way to Surat when the incident occurred on the Mahal-Bardipada road near Ahwa town, 380 km from here, on Saturday evening.
Over 24 persons were injured when the driver apparently lost control of the bus. The deceased included eight children, said SP Shweta Shrimali. Seventeen students with serious injuries were shifted to hospitals in Surat. — PTI
