A driver died while 18 students in Tata Magic van of Mother Land School on Dewas Road in the city overturned near Dhatravada.
The injured children were admitted to the district hospital. Four children have to be operated on due to their critical condition. As soon as the news of the accident was received, the top officials including the family members of the children reached the district hospital.
On Monday, around 2.30 in afternoon, while leaving the Mother Land School, the magic vehicle, which was going to drop the children home, met an accident.
In which 18 children from class 1st to 9th were injured. The driver of van was driving at high speed. During this, the driver lost control and hit a tree near Dhatrawad in which driver Deepak died on the spot, while 18 of the 22 children sitting in the van were injured, who were admitted to the district hospital by ambulance with the help of nearby people.
As soon as the news of the accident of a magic car full of children, the force of three police stations including Ujjain Collector Ashish Singh, SP Satyendra Shukla, ADM Santosh Tagore reached the district hospital for help. The collector directed the doctor to treat the children, and told that the driver had died. A total of 18 children are injured, all are out of danger, and an inquiry has been ordered into whose van it was, how it took away so many children, and what were the flaws.