Fourteen children and a teacher were killed Friday after a bus taking them on a school trip in central Thailand was hit by a truck and crashed into a tree, police said.

Fifty-five people were injured in the accident early Friday in Nadi district of Prachinburi province, said Lt. Siriwat Viengvitha, a police official. The injured have been taken to nearby hospitals.

The bus was carrying as many as 60 children, Siriwat said.

The crash happened south-east of Bangkok, as students went on a field trip (Source: BBC)

The group of children comprised students of primary and high schools from the neighboring province of Nakhon Ratchasima province, authorities said.

(Source: CNN)