18 killed as bus rams into train in India

Eighteen people were today killed and 14 injured when the Satluj Express tore into a private minibus carrying mostly students and teachers at a manned railway crossing in the district.
The mishap took place at 8:22 am when bus driver Iqbal Singh forcibly got the railway crossing opened, Moga Deputy Commissioner Satwant Singh Johar and DIG of Police Ferozepur Range Ishwar Chand said.
As a thick blanket of fog had enveloped the area, the driver of the bus carrying around 30 passengers apparently could not gauge the distance of the approaching Ferozepur-Ludhiana Satluj Express, eyewitnesses and police said.
The bus, which was plying between Jagraon and Lopo village in this district, was dragged up to a distance of at least 20 metres by the train.