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1 killed, 2 injured in U.S. school bus lurching

Xinhua, January 27, 2016 Adjust font size:

A school bus waiting outside an elementary school in the U.S. state of Indiana lurched onto a sidewalk Tuesday afternoon, killing the school principal and injuring two students.

The bus driver and the 25 students in the bus suffered no injuries. Local media said that at the time of the accident, several buses were lined up outside Amy Beverland Elementary School in Lawrence Township.

The two wounded children, both 10 years old, were taken to hospital in serious conditions but were expected to survive.

District officials promised to change bus safety policies in 2013 after the Indiana State Police said 70 buses or around 40 percent of the district's fleet failed inspections, reports said. Endi