LUCKNOW, India — A train crashed into a school van at an ungated railroad crossing in northern India on Thursday, killing 12 children, police said. The van driver, who ignored a guard’s signal to stop, also was killed. The children, all between 5 and 14 years of age, were on their way to school after the van had picked them up from several villages, he said. A railroad guard posted at the ungated crossing signalled for the van to stop but the driver ignored the signal and crashed into the train, rail official Sanjay Yadav said. ——This story has been corrected to the crossing was ungated, not unmanned.

Source: National Post April 26, 2018 03:23 UTC