Ludhiana, April 22 -- At least 15 children were injured after a motorised makeshift vehicle ferrying them to school overturned following a collision with a car near Mehal Ghumana village along the Sutlej river on Tuesday morning.

The motorised makeshift vehicle formed part of their daily commute to a government school in Bhupana village.

According to the driver, Mahinder Singh, the vehicle was ferrying nearly 15 children of migrant labourers when a car collided with it, causing it to lose balance, veer off the road and overturn in an adjoining field. "Several children were thrown out of the vehicle and suffered injuries, he said.

Locals rushed the injured to a nearby private hospital, where doctors said at least three children suffered...