At least 24 people were killed and 11 others injured when a passenger bus collided with a container truck in India's Assam state, infohub.kz reports. The crash occurred on a highway near Kaziranga National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Local authorities said the dead included children and the bus driver. The bus veered off the road after the collision. Witnesses gathered at the scene and tried to help the injured.
State minister Atul Bora said the incident was one of the largest road accidents in Assam's history. Police are working to establish the cause of the collision, he said.
The minister added that, according to witness accounts, the bus was traveling at high speed before the crash.
Earlier reports said a minibus fell into a river in Pakistan, with an infant among the victims.