The News Minute | July 24, 2014 | 10:31 am IST

A train hit a school bus at a train crossing in Telangana on Thursday morning. The accident took place at an unmanned crossing near Masaipet village in Medak district. 

The Nanded Secunderabad Passenger train rammed into the school bus that was on its way to Toophran in Medak from Islapur, according to reports. The bus is said to belong to Kakatiya Techno School. At least 38 children were aboard the bus. 

According to officials many children are feared to be dead. Those critically injured are being shifted to Hyderabad.