Twenty-four schoolchildren were injured in an accident following a collision of four buses with three other vehicles on central Delhi's Salimgarh flyover on Monday, police said.
There were 216 students in the four buses that "accidentally" collided with an autorickshaw, a car, and a motorcycle. In all, 28 people, including three members of school staff and a civilian, were injured, they said.
The buses were hired by Government Secondary School — Bhalaswa Village, Government Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya — Khajoori, and Government Boys' Secondary School — C-Block Dilshad Garden. They were on an educational tour to the zoo and Akshardham Temple, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central) Shweta Chauhan said.
Police received information regarding the accident around 11 am. When they reached the spot, they found a pile on of four buses, an autorickshaw, a car, and a motorcycle, Chauhan said.
Another police officer privy to the facts related to the incident said one of the bus drivers could not apply brakes in time and lost its control, leading to the collision.
Five boys from Government Secondary School — Bhalaswa Village, 10 girls from Government Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya-Khajoori, and nine boys from Government Boys' Secondary School — C-Block Dilshad Garden were injured in the accident.
Three staff members were also injured.
