A student of the Brahmagiri-based St Xavier’s High School was killed while four others sustained critical injuries after a road mishap in the district on Saturday.
Sources said that the van in which the students were going to the school overturned and fell into a nullah near Gorual under the Sadar police station in the district.
The injured students were rushed to the District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) here.
The tragedy occurred as the driver lost control over the vehicle, following which it turned turtle and fell into the nullah. While one of the students died on the spot, three others were critically injured.
Getting information, locals rushed to the spot and shifted the injured to the hospital. The conditions of the injured were stated to be stable now.