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The '''Medak District bus-train collision''' took place on the morning of 24 July 2014 at [[Masaipet]] in the [[Medak district]] of [[Telangana]] state in India. A bus ferrying at least 40 children to school collided with the [[Nanded-Hyderabad Passenger]] at an unmanned level crossing.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/telangana/toll-in-medak-bus-train-collision-climbs-to-18_950916.html |title=Toll in Medak bus-train collision climbs to 18 |work=[[Zee News]] India |date=29 July 2014 |accessdate=29 July 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729173423/http://zeenews.india.com/news/telangana/toll-in-medak-bus-train-collision-climbs-to-18_950916.html |archivedate=29 July 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref><br />
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Sixteen students, aged between three and fourteen, the bus driver and the cleaner were killed in the accident.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/14-schoolchildren-crushed-to-death-as-train-rams-bus-in-Medak/articleshow/38984225.cms |title=14 schoolchildren crushed to death as train rams into bus in Medak |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date=25 July 2014 |accessdate=29 July 2014 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729173423/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/14-schoolchildren-crushed-to-death-as-train-rams-bus-in-Medak/articleshow/38984225.cms |archivedate=29 July 2014 }}</ref> Twenty other children were taken to hospital in Kompally, near Hyderabad. Early reports said that the bus driver, Bhikshapati Goud, was on his cellphone at the time of the collision.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/20-school-kids-killed-as-train-hits-bus-in-telangana/article1-1243955.aspx |title=Train, bus collision kills 14 schoolkids in Telangana |newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=24 July 2014 |accessdate=29 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724175129/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/20-school-kids-killed-as-train-hits-bus-in-telangana/article1-1243955.aspx |archivedate=24 July 2014 }}</ref><br />
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Telangana Chief Minister [[K. Chandrasekhar Rao]] ordered officials to take care of the children and ensure they received the best possible medical treatment, and offered his condolences. However, it took some time for emergency services to arrive on the scene; local people attempted to rescue the victims in the meantime.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-28457773 |work=[[BBC News]] |title=India: School bus and train crash kills 18 children |date=24 July 2014 |accessdate=29 July 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140725075623/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-28457773 |archivedate=July 25, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref><br />
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