PM Narendra Modi condoles death of students in Telangana accident

New Delhi, July 24: Prime Minister

on Thursday expressed his deepest condolences to the families of the students who lost their lives when a train rammed into a school bus at an unmanned railway crossing in

.

"The prime minister has expressed his deepest condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in the accident in Medak district," the Prime Minister's Office said in a tweet.

"The PM prays for the speedy recovery of those injured in the accident," said another tweet.

In a ghastly accident, at least 19 students were killed some 20 other children injured in the accident at Masayipet, about 70 km from Hyderabad, when the bus of a private school was taking the students to their school.

IANS