India, March 11 -- Three students of Jodhpur's National Law University died and 24 others were injured when an oncoming truck hit their bus on Nagaur district's Ladnun Road, police said.

The students were returning to the university from Chandigarh when the accident took place at about 5:30am on the Ladnun road near the Laladasji Maharaj Dham in Nagaur, said Surpaliya police station in-charge Siya Ram.

The police officer said there were about 30 students in the private bus arranged by the university when the head-on collision took place, leading the bus to overturn. The students had travelled to Chandigarh 700km away two days ago and were less than two hours from the university when the accident took place.

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