2 killed, 18 hurt as school bus rams into state bus in Raichur
Hindustan TimesAt least two students were killed while 18 others were injured after the school bus they were travelling in collided with a state government bus in Raichur district on Thursday morning, said officials familiar with the matter. The bus, carrying 32 students of the Loyola school in Manvi town, collided head-on with the government bus near the Kapagal area of the district {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} The bus, carrying 32 students of the Loyola school in Manvi town, collided head-on with the government bus near the Kapagal area of the district, said Raichur superintendent of police Puttamadaiah. {{^usCountry}} {{/usCountry}} “The school bus, belonging to Loyala school, was carrying students from different villages to the school when it hit a government bus near Kapagal in the morning,” Puttamadaiah said, adding that two students –– Samarth Amaresh and Shrikanth Madesh –– were killed on the spot. Manvi police inspector Veerabhadraiah Hiremath told HT that cases have been registered under BNS sections 281, 225 A, 225 B and 106 against both the drivers - government bus driver Mahadevappa and school bus driver Balavanth Hanumanth.