At least five Palestinian children were killed on Thursday when their school bus overturned and caught fire after colliding with a truck.<br/> <br />Around another 40 people were injured.<br/> <br />A paramedic at the scene said that it appeared the two vehicles crashed head on in the rain on a "very steep and slippery" stretch of road near Jerusalem.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Hebrew) ISRAELI PARAMEDIC SHALOM GALIL SAYING:<br/> <br />"What happened here, as you can see in the pictures, is a very steep road with rain and oil. We assume that either the bus or the truck slipped and crashed into each other."<br/> <br />The injured children have been ferried to a hospital in Ramallah for treatment.<br/> <br />Local Israeli media has put the death toll as high as 10.<br/> <br />Travis Brecher, Reuters
