'Thirty' killed in India road crash

At least 30 people, including 12 children, have died in a collision between a cargo lorry and two minibuses filled with labourers in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam, police say.

The lorry driver has been arrested as his vehicle was reportedly travelling on the wrong side of the road when it hit the vans at 04:40 (11:10 GMT) on Thursday.

The victims were brick-kiln workers headed to work.

Watch the aftermath of the incident.

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