As many as 24 school students had a narrow escape when a pickup van carrying them plunged into a pond at Nuapada under Chikiti block of Ganjam district on Wednesday.
According to reports, the van was carrying the children to the Margadarshi School at Nuapada when the driver of the vehicle lost control over the wheels and the vehicle plunged into the nearby pond and overturned.
Locals rushed to the spot and rescued the victims while one of the students was taken to the MKCG Medical College Hospital here for treatment. Police began an investigation into the incident.
