Train slams into school bus in northern India, killing five and injuring 25
- 10 years ago
It was an accident waiting to happen.
Five children were killed and more than two dozen injured when a train and school bus collided at an unguarded railway crossed in northern India.
Residents of the town in Uttar Pradesh say they have been demanding that authorities install a gate at the crossing, but that never happened.
Injured children were rushed to a local hospital where parents and medical workers tended to them in a chaotic scene.
Road and rail accidents are common in India which has a notoriously rundown infrastructure.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has vowed to fix it, but that promise comes too late for the victims of Thursday's accident.
Five children were killed and more than two dozen injured when a train and school bus collided at an unguarded railway crossed in northern India.
Residents of the town in Uttar Pradesh say they have been demanding that authorities install a gate at the crossing, but that never happened.
Injured children were rushed to a local hospital where parents and medical workers tended to them in a chaotic scene.
Road and rail accidents are common in India which has a notoriously rundown infrastructure.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has vowed to fix it, but that promise comes too late for the victims of Thursday's accident.