Panipat,Tuesday 18 November 2008: At least 16 people, including seven children, were killed and 45 others injured when a bus carrying a marriage party collided with a truck on the Panipat highway.

Police said the incident occurred last night when a bus carrying a marriage party returning to Sisoli town from Panipat collided with a stationery truck. The injured were rushed to various hospitals, where some of them are said to be in critical condition.