The bus was from Harakka Composite School in Suratganj: Cops (Representational)
Barabanki:
Three children were among four people killed on Tuesday after a school bus overturned near Salarpur village here in Uttar Pradesh, police said. Thirty-two children were injured.
The accident happened in the evening when they were returning to Suratganj after a picnic in Lucknow, they said.
The bus was speeding and in an attempt to save a motorcyclist, it swerved and overturned, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Akhilesh Narayan said. Of the 32 injured children, four were referred by a local hospital to a medical facility in Lucknow, police said.
They said the bus conductor and three children, in the age group of 12 to 13 years, died in the accident.
The bus belonged to Harakka Composite School in Suratganj. The children had come to Lucknow for a picnic, Narayan added.
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