DHAKA: Two Indian students were killed and at least 30 were injured after a live wire fell on their school bus in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.

The students were returning from a picnic on Sunday evening when the incident occurred, BBC reports on Monday (May 30).

It is not clear how the live wire fell on the bus, but media reports said that it happened after some students pulled at a tree that was touching the cables.

Some reports said it was a coconut tree, while others said the wire snapped when the children tried to pluck fruit from a mango tree.

In a similar incident last year, at least 25 people were electrocuted in Tonk district of the northern Rajasthan state after a live wire fell on a bus carrying a wedding party.

BDST: 1811 HRS, May 30, 2016
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