15 children killed in Thai school bus crash

BANGKOK. KAZINFORM - Fourteen children and a teacher were killed Friday after a bus taking them on a school trip in central Thailand was hit by a truck and crashed into a tree, police said.

Fifty-five people were injured in the accident early Friday in Nadi district of Prachinburi province, said Lt. Siriwat Viengvitha, a police official. The injured have been taken to nearby hospitals, Kazinform has learnt from CNN. The bus was carrying as many as 60 children, Siriwat said. The group of children comprised students of primary and high schools from the neighboring province of Nakhon Ratchasima province, authorities said.