Schoolboy Dies, Several Injured in Meghalaya Bus-Truck Collision

• A schoolboy was killed and several others injured after a clinker-laden truck rammed into a school bus near Byrnihat in Meghalaya’s Ri-Bhoi district.
• The accident occurred around 8 am at 17th Mile when a Mount Zion Academy bus was waiting to pick up students.
• Around 20 students were on board the bus at the time of the collision.
• Seven children suffered serious injuries and were referred to hospitals in Guwahati; others with minor injuries went to Byrnihat Primary Health Centre.
• Maxwell Lyngdoh, one of the injured students, succumbed to his injuries at Arhi Hospital.