On Thursday morning, a speeding passenger train crashed into a school van at an unmanned railway crossing in Uttar Pradesh’s Kushinagar district. At least 13 schoolchildren were killed and eight others injured in this strong collision. This was a school van of Divine Mission School.
Sanjay Yadav, chief public relations officer, North-Eastern Railway has shared with the press that Prima facie the fault appears to be of the van driver who was probably getting late in reaching the school.
President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Railway Minister Piyush Goyal expressed their grief over the accident.
UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath rushed to the accident site too. He was also in grief over this accident.
The railway minister, Piyush Goyal has announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs 2 lakh each to the kin of the victims, Rs 1 lakh to those who were critically injured and Rs 50,000 to those with minor injuries.

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