As many as nine students of a private school, traveling in a bus along with its driver were injured in a road accident when a speeding truck hit the bus near lambhakheda under Sukhi Sewania police station area on Wednesday.
According to the police, in the afternoon the school bus of St DC Convent School carrying students met an accident injuring 10 persons including the bus driver. The bus driver escaped the spot after the accident and is still missing. The bus has been seized by the police.
The City Superintendent of Police Nishatpura Rashmi Shukla told that the students have not sustained severe injuries and have been discharged from the hospital. The exact number of students at the time of the incident is not clear.
The victims included Mukesh Bajpai (8), Shakir (13), Deep (15), Pradeep (12), Parvinder (16), Shristhi (12) and Akshat Tiwari (16).
The victims were rushed to the nearby hospital. Two out of the five victims who sustained multiple injuries were admitted to Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre (BMHRC), while other students were admitted to People’s hospital.
The students were discharged after primary aid was administered and at present only two students Deep and Pradeep are undergoing treatment at BMHRC. The details of all the victims were not available told the investigating officer. Police are trying to find out whether the bus driver was under the influence of the alcohol.
The Principal of DC Convent Higher Secondary School, K Thomas told that the incident took place when the school bus left the school premises carrying students reached at a turn near the school, a speeding truck hit the bus.
Defending the driver Thomas told that the driver was an experienced one and is serving the school for the past few years. He told that at time of the accident there were 20-30 students in the bus.
The police have registered a case under 297 and 337 of the IPC against drivers of both the vehicles. Drivers of bus and truck are still at large.