Rain holiday ignored? Over 2 dozen children injured as Amethi school bus hits truck | Lucknow News
AMETHI: More than two dozen children were injured on Monday after a school bus collided head-on with a container truck in Amethi.The accident took place around 11am on Thauri Road between Alinagar and Thauri, under the jurisdiction of Bhale Sultan Shaheed Smarak police station, additional superintendent of police Gyanendra Kumar Singh said.The bus, carrying students of RPS Academy School, collided with the oncoming container, injuring more than two dozen children, news agency PTI reported.Of those injured, 15 children were taken to the Community Health Centre (CHC) in Jagdishpur for treatment. Two sustained fractures, while the remaining children were out of danger, Singh said.A crane was brought to the spot to separate the container, which had become entangled with the bus, PTI reported.Legal proceedings are being initiated in connection with the incident, the officer added.The accident also raised questions over the functioning of the school, as Amethi district magistrate Sanjay Chauhan had declared a holiday for schools in the district on Monday due to heavy rainfall.(With agency inputs)
