At least 11 killed including 5 kids as bus ploughs into crowd outside school gates after driver ‘lost control’ in China

AT LEAST 11 people are dead including five children and six parents after a school bus ploughed into a crowd in China.

Dozens more were injured when the driver “lost control” and crashed into a group of parents and pupils standing outside a school in Tai’an city, state media reports.

Out of the 24 hurt, one remains in critical condition.

The driver was taken into custody and a police investigation has been launched.

They were reportedly on the way to the school to collect a group of students when tragedy struck, Shanghai-based Sina News reports.

Twelve other people from the scene are now in stable condition.

It comes only days after pupils went back to school for the beginning of a new academic year.

Horrific footage shared on social media – which The Sun has chosen not to publish – showed the scene of the accident.

The crash happened just before 7.30am local time in the eastern province of Shandong.