Published On : Thu, Apr 26th, 2018

11 Students Dead After School Bus Collides With Train in Kushinagar

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At least 11 students of Divine Public School died on Thursday after a vehicle they were travelling in collided with a train at an unmanned crossing in Uttar Pradesh’s Kushinagar which is around 50 kilometers from Gorakhpur. The number of students travelling in the vehicle is still unknown.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed deepest condolences on the unfortunate incident and directed the district administration to provide all help and medical aid to the injured. “In the unfortunate train accident of school children in Kushinagar where students of Divine Public School have died, the CM has expressed his deepest condolences on this very unfortunate incident and directed the district administration to provide all possible help and medical aid and declared ex-gratia of Rs 2 Lakhs and also directed the Commissioner Gorakhpur to conduct an inquiry immediately on the cause of this accident,” an official from UP government said.