Solan, Nov. 15 -- Fifty-one schoolchildren had a narrow escape after their bus rammed into a road divider on the Pinjore-Shimla National Highway near Tambu Morh, close to Chakkimod in Parwanoo area of Himachal Pradesh's Solan district, late Saturday night.
Three senior school officials sustained injuries in the accident, while the children escaped with minor bruises and scratches, police said.
The bus, belonging to Literra Heritage School in Kot, Panchkula, was returning from an educational excursion to Rajgarh in Sirmaur district when the accident occurred at around 11.10 pm.
According to preliminary reports, the driver allegedly lost control of the vehicle due to overspeeding, causing it to crash into the median of National Highway 5....