Two sisters knocked down by school bus in Vasai, suffer serious injuries

Two sisters were seriously injured after they were knocked down by a school bus in Vasai in Palghar district on Friday, a police official said.

The siblings, in the 2-7 age group, were hospitalised following the incident, which took place at 2pm when they were crossing a road, he said.

''They were knocked down after the bus took a u-turn. The driver immediately applied brakes and along with passersby pulled out the two girls from near the tyres. They rushed the siblings to a hospital,'' he said.

The police are probing the incident, the official added.

A video of the accident went viral on social media.