Student dies, several injured as school picnic bus overturns in Nagpur
Press Trust of India | November 26, 2024 | 04:34 PM IST | 1 min read
The accident occurred as students and teachers from Saraswati High School, Shankar Nagar, were traveling to a picnic spot in Wardha district in five buses.
NAGPUR: A student was killed and several students and teachers were injured as the bus carrying them to a picnic spot overturned near here on Tuesday morning, police said. The accident took place when students and teachers of Saraswati High School in Shankar Nagar area here were heading for a picnic spot in neighbouring Wardha district in five buses.
One of the buses, with some 50 persons on board, overturned near Deoli Pendhari village on Hingani Road in a hilly section on the outskirts of the city, said an official of Hingna police station. The deceased boy was a Class 7 student, he said, without disclosing the name. A girl and a teacher sustained severe injuries and were rushed to the All India Institute Of Medical Sciences, Nagpur, while others were taken to a nearby rural hospital. Investigation is underway to determine the cause of the accident, police said.
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