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Eight students killed as school bus falls in canal in Andhra

Rescue operations are on and some of the injured students were shifted to a nearby hospital.

FP Archives|Mar 20, 2012, 19:59:07 IST

At least eight students were killed when a school bus fell into a rivulet in Khammam district of Andhra Pradesh today, a senior police official said.[caption id="attachment_250804" align="alignleft" width="380" caption="The bus belonging to a private school was said to be carrying 50 children when the mishap occurred. Reuters"][/caption]The bus belonging to a private school was said to be carrying 50 children when the mishap occurred, Additional SP Prakash Jadav said quoting initial reports.Rescue operations are on and some of the injured students were shifted to a nearby hospital.Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy ordered an inquiry into the incident.

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