Mourners killed as Indian bus hits van

A BUS has collided head-on with a van carrying mourners from a funeral in northern India, killing 35 people.

State police official DY. Chauhan said 14 other people in the two vehicles were injured in the accident near Badaun, a town in Uttar Pradesh state.

Mr Chauhan said that the van's driver lost control of the vehicle as it went through a mound of sand. It then crashed into the bus.