India, July 29 -- A child was killed while six others were injured after a private school van crashed into a truck parked on the roadside in Rajasthan's Banswara city on Wednesday morning, police said.

The children were on their way to school when the accident occurred. The impact was so severe that the front portion of the van was completely mangled. Hearing the cries for help, villagers and passersby rushed to the spot and rescued the children trapped inside the vehicle.

After being alerted, personnel from Raja Talab police station reached the site and, with the help of local residents, shifted the injured children to the district hospital.

According to local reports, one of the critically injured children was administered cardiopulm...