School van overturns in Erode, 10 students injured
Press Trust of India | December 2, 2024 | 09:11 PM IST | 1 min read
The van driver, Gunasekaran, reportedly lost control while negotiating a narrow turn, causing the vehicle to veer off the road and capsize into a nearby sugarcane field, police said.
NEW DELHI: Ten students from a private matriculation school were injured on Monday morning when their school van overturned and plunged into a sugarcane field near Ammapettai village in this district, police said. The incident occurred on the Ammapettai-Guruvareddiyur Road near a veterinary hospital at Umareddiyur. The van driver, Gunasekaran (38), reportedly lost control while negotiating a narrow turn, causing the vehicle to veer off the road and capsize into a nearby sugarcane field, police said.
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Hearing about the accident, anxious parents rushed to the site on two-wheelers and transported their injured children to the Ammapettai Primary Health Centre. After receiving first aid, the students were taken to a private hospital in Anthiyur for further treatment, police added. The Ammapettai police have registered a case and initiated an investigation into the incident.
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