At least 47 children died on the spot in southern Egypt on Saturday when the bus on which they were aboard dashed a train. The family members of the children rushed to the railway track and searched for the signs of their kids along the tracks. The school bus was reportedly carrying over 50 children and tried to crossed unmanned railway crossing. The speeding train dashed the bus leaving many in utter distress.

The mangled pieces of bus too were thrown along the track way along with the books, socks, schoolbags and handkerchiefs of kinder garden children. The sources said that the railroad crossing was not closed due to which such a mishap took place. The witness told our sources that train dragged bus for about a kilometre.

(AW Phani)