26 killed in India, Nepal bus crash

A school bus collided with a truck laden with bricks in rural northwestern India yesterday morning, killing at least eleven children, police said. Nearly 30 children were travelling in the bus, local senior police officer Rajinder Singh told the agency.
In neighbouring Nepal, also known for its treacherous roads, at least 15 people were killed and 25 injured when a bus carrying passengers returning from a wedding veered off a narrow mountain road.