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12 school-children killed in Punjab accident
Monday March 04, 2013 07:16:43 PM,
IANS
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Jalandhar:
At least 12 children were killed Monday morning when their school
bus collided with a truck near Nakodar town in Punjab, police
said. The bus driver was also killed.
The children from Akal Academy School in Boparai Kalan were on
their way to school when the mini-bus (Tempo Traveller) in which
they were travelling collided with a truck near Gahira village
near Nakodar, 170 km from here.
The injured children were taken to hospitals in Jalandhar and
Nakodar. Four among them were in serious condition, doctors said.
Most of the children were under 10 and had boarded the bus just
minutes before the accident took place.
"Seven children died on the spot while five others died in
hospital," Jalandhar Superintendent of Police (Rural) Rajinder
Singh told IANS.
The mini-bus, which was not painted in the mandatory yellow colour
to identify school-buses and was being plied illegally, was
carrying 24 children to school when the accident happened, police
officials said.
The children had been picked up from nearby villages.
Bags, books, tiffin boxes and water bottles of the victims lay
strewn at the accident spot. The school bus was badly damaged.
Eyewitnesses told police that the bus and the truck were speeding
when the collision took place.
The impact of the accident was such that the roof of the school
bus sheared off.
The truck driver fled from the spot after the accident. He has
been booked for rash and negligent driving, police said.
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