Jaisalmer/Jodhpur, July 12: A person died and around 30 schoolchildren were injured when their bus overturned in Rajasthan's Jaisalmer district on Wednesday, police said. The bus was ferrying the students to their school when the accident occurred near Pokhran town, they said. Nashik Bus Accident: Woman Killed, 23 Injured As MSRTC Bus Falls Into 400-Feet Deep Gorge in Saptashringi Hills.

"The driver lost control of the vehicle and it overturned," Assistant Sub Inspector of Sankra police station (Jaisalmer) Kailash Chand said. He said many of the injured students were rushed to a hospital in Jaipur while some were admitted to a local medical facility. Chand further said that the parents of some other children took them to private hospitals. Kerala: Woman Autorickshaw Driver Dies in Accident After Her Three-Wheeler Gets Hit by Wild Boar in Palakkad, Four School Children Injured.

The ASI said the students were in the age group of 10-15 years. The bus driver was also injured in the accident, he added. Jodhpur Collector Himanshu Gupta said 11 schoolchildren were brought to Jodhpur for treatment from Jaisalmer and all were stated to be out of danger, but a staffer, identified as Vikram Singh, succumbed to injuries.