LUCKNOW, July 20 -- At least six schoolchildren were injured after two school vehicles collided head-on in Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli district on Monday morning, police said.

One student sustained a fracture in his leg and was referred to the district hospital, while the remaining injured ones are undergoing treatment at the community health centre in Bela Bhela. District hospital emergency medical officer Dr Roshan Patel confirmed that the student is undergoing treatment.

The accident occurred near Bela Bhela under Bhadokhar police station limits when a school bus belonging to Satyanarayani Inter College, Dariyapur, collided with a school van of Leo Convent School, Uttarpara.

Hearing the children's cries, locals rushed to the spot and...