Kanpur, Sept. 11 -- A school bus carrying children overturned and fell into a canal near Gopalpur village on the Ramai Pur-Jahanabad road in Kanpur early today. The incident occurred when the bus driver lost control while trying to avoid a sudden oncoming motorcycle.
The collision resulted in the deaths of the motorcyclist and his father, while about a dozen children suffered minor injuries.
According to eyewitnesses, the private school bus was on way from Saandh area to Mithlesh Shivmangal Singh Inter College, Gopalpur, when the accident took place, hardly 500 metres from the school.
As the bus approached Gopalpur, a motorcycle suddenly appeared from the opposite direction. In an attempt to avoid the bike, the driver lost control of the...