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Eight schoolchildren hurt in mishap

By Our Staff Reporter

VISAKHAPATNAM, JAN. 8. Eight students and the driver of the bus sustained injuries, two of them seriously, when the school bus in which they were travelling collided head-on with a lorry on the highway near Kasimkota, about 45 km from here, on Saturday.

A student and the bus driver, who received serious injuries, were rushed to the city. Others were discharged after first-aid.

The accident occurred when the bus carrying students of Vivekananda Public School was going to Kasimkota from Jammadulapalem village. Eyewitnesses said that the bus was the wrong side of the road. The Kasimkota police registered a case.

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