6 including 5 children killed after school bus falls into gorge in India

6 including 5 children killed after school bus falls into gorge in India

At least six people including five school children were killed and seven others injured Saturday after a bus carrying them skidded off a mountainous road and fell into gorge in northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, officials said.

The accident took place in Sangrah town of Sirmaur district, about 175 km south of Shimla, the capital city of Himachal Pradesh.

"Five school children of a private school and driver of the bus were killed while as seven other children injured when a bus carrying them skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge here," a local government official posted in Sirmaur said. "The injured school children were taken to hospital."