An accident killed six students and a driver and injured 12 people after the bus rolled down a deep gorge in Sirmaur district, Himachal Pradesh.
The accident occurred around at 8 am where a private bus, carrying children of DAV School, Renuka, fell down the ravine. Samir (5), Adarsh (7), Kartik (14) and driver Ram Swaroop (40) died on the spot and Sanjana, her brother Abhishek and Naitik Chauhan later succumbed to their injuries in the hospital, as reported by Indian Express.
Twelve people who were injured were rushed to the hospital, and some of them remain critical. Sandhaya, Rakshita, Anjali, Rajiv, Aayush, Vaishanvi, Dhruv, Mannat, Aarushi and Sunder Singh remain as the identified students.
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