<p class="title">At least 17 children were killed when a school bus plunged off a mountain road in Himachal Pradesh on Monday, two police officers said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Santosh Patial, a senior police officer in Himachal Pradesh said they had recovered 17 bodies and the death toll could rise.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The school bus carrying more than 30 children swerved off the road and fell into a gorge. Rescue teams have reached the scene and recovery operations were underway.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The bus was transporting children studying at a private school in Nurpur town, 300 km (185 miles) from Shimla, the state capital.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India has the world's deadliest roads, with almost 150,000 people killed in accidents in 2015, the latest government data shows.</p>
<p class="title">At least 17 children were killed when a school bus plunged off a mountain road in Himachal Pradesh on Monday, two police officers said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Santosh Patial, a senior police officer in Himachal Pradesh said they had recovered 17 bodies and the death toll could rise.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The school bus carrying more than 30 children swerved off the road and fell into a gorge. Rescue teams have reached the scene and recovery operations were underway.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The bus was transporting children studying at a private school in Nurpur town, 300 km (185 miles) from Shimla, the state capital.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India has the world's deadliest roads, with almost 150,000 people killed in accidents in 2015, the latest government data shows.</p>