Ranchi, Nov. 15 -- A school bus carrying students of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya met with a serious accident in the Koderma Valley on Saturday, leaving more than a dozen girl students injured.
The Class 11 students were on an educational tour to Rajgir when the incident occurred near the Naua Mile stretch of the valley.
According to Principal Amitabh Kumar, 75 students had left the school early in the morning under the annual PM SHRI educational excursion programme.
During the journey, a bus carrying several girl students attempted to overtake a truck. In the process, the bus collided with the rear of the truck and lost control, skidding off the road into a roadside ditch. The driver and several students sustained injuries in the impact....