This Article is From Nov 09, 2009

Ratlam: Bus falls into river, 8 students die

Ratlam (Madhya Pradesh): Nine people, including eight students, died as a bus fell into Shipra river at Mahidpur near Ratlam in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday.

The students were accompanied by a teacher who also died in the accident.

The students of the Sarswati Shishu Mandir in Ratlam were returning from a trip to Ujjain when the accident took place.

Nearly 27 children have been rescued and the injured have been shifted to Mahidpur hospital. Senior police officers have reached the spot.

Rescue operation is on. (With PTI inputs)
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