India: 2 children dead as rickshaw hits schoolbus

Hyderabad: Two students were on Monday killed and 14 others, including an autorickshaw driver, sustained injuries when their three-wheeler collided with a school bus in Andhra Pradesh's Nellore district in south India, police said.

The accident occurred in Chilakur town of Nellore at 8.40am when the autorickshaw carrying 15 students to the school collided head-on with a school bus which was on its way to pick up students, DSP B Srinivas told PTI.

"In the mishap, two children died while undergoing treatment at a hospital while three other students were seriously injured. Eleven others, including the auto-driver, sustained minor injuries," the DSP said.

The deceased children were identified as D Vamsi and M Venkateshwarlu, both aged seven and students of second standard, another police officer said.