18 Workers Killed in India as Truck Rams into Bus

LUCKNOW, INDIA - Eighteen migrant laborers sleeping on a highway in northern India after their bus broke down died when a truck rammed into the vehicle, police said Wednesday. 

At least 19 others were injured in the accident in Uttar Pradesh state, a senior police officer told reporters.  Most of the passengers were returning home to the eastern state of Bihar after working in the states of Punjab or Haryana.  The passengers got off the bus after its axle shaft broke and were sleeping next to it when a truck crashed into it from behind.