7 students among 10 injured as school bus collides with vehicle in UP’s Gonda
Press Trust of India | August 16, 2024 | 03:29 PM IST | 1 min read
All the other students were sent to their homes, the police said, adding that an investigation is underway.
NEW DELHI: Seven students among 10 people got injured after a private school bus collided with another here on Friday morning, police said. The accident happened when a bus with 40 students onboard collided with another bus on Gonda-Lucknow highway near Balpur area, Colonelganj Inspector Police Station Sridhar Pathak said.
A conductor, drivers of both buses and seven students -- Anmol (12), RB Pathak (10), Lakshya Pratap Singh (11), Rudra (9), Manvi Sahu (14), Rupali (11) and Pratibha (12) -- got injured in the accident, the police said.
Upon receiving information about the accident the police reached the spot and rushed all the injured to a private hospital in Balpur town, they said.
According to the police, all the injured were discharged after treatment, however, Lakshya was admitted to a medical college in critical condition. All the other students were sent to their homes, the police said, adding that an investigation is underway.
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