BETTIAH, Dec. 6 -- A student died and three others were critically injured after coming in contact with a live wire in a village in Muzaffarpur district on Saturday, police said.

Subhash Mukhiya, Station House Officer (SHO) of Saraiya police station, said the incident occurred when an overhead power line snapped after a truck hit an electric pole. The live wire fell on the students, who were on their way to a government school at Shankar Tola under Baliwara Roopnath Dakshini panchayat in the Saraiya police station area.

"The students were heading to a government school located on the Muzaffarpur-Vaishali border. While a girl student died, three others were hospitalised with burn injuries," the SHO said.

The deceased was identified as V...