As many as 11 school students were injured when an auto-rickshaw in which they were travelling was hit by a truck from back side near Bauri Gandapalli under the Rambha police limits in Ganjam district on Friday.
The accident took place when the students were on their way to school, sources said. Out of the eleven students, seven sustained serious injuries in the road mishap, the sources added. The injured students were initially admitted to the Rambha Community Health Centre and later shifted to the MKCG Medical College Hospital in Brahmapur.