Twelve children were injured when an RTV school bus, in which they were travelling, collided with a divider and overturned near the Buland Masjid at Shastri Park area in north-east Delhi around 7:45 am, on Monday.
As narrated by the police, 12 of the 17 children travelling in the bus were injured. Half of them were taken to the Jag Pravesh Chandra Hospital (JPC) in Shastri Park and the other half was taken to the Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya (CNBC) in Geeta Colony. All the children taken to JPC were immediately discharged after minor treatment. But four of the six children taken to the CNBC had injured their arms severely. They were not discharged till evening.
The driver of the Rural Transport Vehicle (RTV), which was assigned the job of a school bus by Hariharan Public School at Yamuna Vihar, is absconding ever since the accident took place.
‘A case has been registered against the driver and police have begun a man-hunt,’ said the official.
The speeding bus crashed with the divider on the road, climbed over it and overturned. People in that crowded area rushed to the aid of the children. They, first, helped all of them come out of the wrecked bus and then called the police. The reason behind the accident is not known yet. Mechanical investigation of the RTV shall start on Tuesday, the official added.
As narrated by the police, 12 of the 17 children travelling in the bus were injured. Half of them were taken to the Jag Pravesh Chandra Hospital (JPC) in Shastri Park and the other half was taken to the Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya (CNBC) in Geeta Colony. All the children taken to JPC were immediately discharged after minor treatment. But four of the six children taken to the CNBC had injured their arms severely. They were not discharged till evening.
The driver of the Rural Transport Vehicle (RTV), which was assigned the job of a school bus by Hariharan Public School at Yamuna Vihar, is absconding ever since the accident took place.
‘A case has been registered against the driver and police have begun a man-hunt,’ said the official.
The speeding bus crashed with the divider on the road, climbed over it and overturned. People in that crowded area rushed to the aid of the children. They, first, helped all of them come out of the wrecked bus and then called the police. The reason behind the accident is not known yet. Mechanical investigation of the RTV shall start on Tuesday, the official added.