Kota, Nov 1: Two school children were killed while more than a dozen others injured following a head-on collision between a school van and SUV in Rajasthan's Kota district on Saturday morning.

The deceased children were students of a private school in Etawa.

According to reports, the accident took place near the 132 kV grid station in Etawa police station area, when a tyre of the school’s van suddenly burst, causing the driver to lose control. The van veered into the opposite lane and collided with an oncoming SUV.

The impact of the collision was so severe that both vehicles overturned, with the SUV rolling nearly 20 feet away from the road.

Soon, villagers broke the van’s windows and pulled out the trapped children and passengers from the vehicle.

Later, police and emergency teams arrived the scene, and all injured were rushed to the Etawah Sub-District Hospital.

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While two students declared dead on arrival, several of them with fractures and head injuries were referred to Kota’s MBS Hospital for advanced treatment.

Both the vehicles have been seized and begun an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the crash.