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At least 24 children and three adults were killed when a school bus plunged off a mountain road in India.
The tragedy occurred when the bus swerved off the road and fell into a gorge in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh on Monday, police said.
Santosh Patial, a senior police officer in Himachal Pradesh, said they had recovered 27 bodies from the accident site. The adult dead included the driver
The bus was transporting children, all below the age of 13, who were studying at a private school in Nurpur town, 300 km (185 miles) from Shimla, the state capital.