3 kids among 4 killed after bus overturns in Barabanki

As many as four people, including three school children, were killed when a school bus ferrying them turned upside down in a bid to save a motorcyclist on Fatehpur road under Dewa police station limits in Barabanki district on Tuesday evening, said senior police officials. They said the motorcyclist also died in the incident.

Police officials said at least 25 other students and a bus driver were also injured in the incident.

Barabanki additional superintendent of police (ASP), North, Chiranjeev Nath Sinha confirmed the death of four people, including three students of Harakka Composite School of Suratganj in Barabanki. He said the incident took place near Salarpur village when the bus ferrying around 30 students was returning from Lucknow where they had gone on an educational tour to Lucknow Zoo at around 6pm.