Power outage turns life-saver for 50 kids on school bus

A power outage in a UP village miraculously saved 50 children after their school bus crashed into an electricity pole submerged in a water-filled ditch. While three children sustained injuries, potential electrocution was averted due to the outage. In a separate incident in the same district, a teacher and student died when an earth-moving vehicle collided with a school van.

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A power outage in a UP village miraculously saved 50 children after their school bus crashed into an electricity pole submerged in a water-filled ditch. While three children sustained injuries, potential electrocution was averted due to the outage. In a separate incident in the same district, a teacher and student died when an earth-moving vehicle collided with a school van.

Power outage turns life-saver for 50 kids on school bus

A power outage in a UP village miraculously saved 50 children after their school bus crashed into an electricity pole submerged in a water-filled ditch. While three children sustained injuries, potential electrocution was averted due to the outage. In a separate incident in the same district, a teacher and student died when an earth-moving vehicle collided with a school van.