India, July 31 -- MEERUT A head-on collision between a mini truck and a school van left a 10-year-old girl dead and five other children injured on Thursday morning. The accident occurred on the Meerut-Karnal highway near the Kankerkheda police station area around 7am when the van was ferrying nine students from the Army School in Meerut Cantonment.

The impact was so severe that the van was mangled. The screams of terrified children drew locals to the spot, who rushed to rescue the injured even before the police arrived. All the injured were taken to nearby hospitals, and one critically injured girl was referred to Delhi's RR Hospital for advanced care.

According to Jagbir Sirohi, a resident of Ganpati Vihar, Gali No. 3, the deceased gir...