A school bus carrying students collided head-on with a container truck on Monday (Photo credit: X)
Of those injured, 15 children were taken to the Community Health Centre (CHC) in Jagdishpur for treatment. 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) You Can Also Check: Gold Rate in Lucknow | Silver Rate in Lucknow | Bank Holidays in Lucknow | Public Holidays in Lucknow | Lucknow AQI | Weather in Lucknow | Petrol Price in Lucknow | Diesel Price in Lucknow | CNG Price in Lucknow | LPG Price in Lucknow Stay updated with the latest Lucknow news. The bus, carrying students of RPS Academy School, collided with the oncoming container, injuring more than two dozen children, news agency PTI reported. A crane was brought to the spot to separate the container, which had become entangled with the bus, PTI reported.
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. Two sustained fractures, while the remaining children were out of danger, Singh said. Legal proceedings are being initiated in connection with the incident, the officer added. Download the TOI App.
AMETHI: More than two dozen children were injured on Monday after a school bus collided head-on with a container truck in Amethi.