As many as six school children sustained minor injuries when the driver of the bus of a private school under Kokhraj police station of Kaushambi drove the vehicle into a small pit in an attempt to stop it after the brakes failed. A total of 60 kids were on board the bus.
Upon being alerted, a team of Kokhraj police rushed to the spot on the road near Tarsaura village and carried out a rescue operation.
Additional SP (Kaushambi) Samar Bahadur said: “Six children sustained minor injuries and were given first aid at a local hospital. Eyewitnesses have told the police that 60 children had a narrow escape after the bus driver drove the vehicle into a small pit to stop it after its brakes failed.”
The police said that the bus driver, identified as Ram Lakhan, had picked up kids from Hisampur Paraskhi, Tadhar and Harsaura villages to take them to the school. As it reached near Tarsaura village, the driver noticed that brakes of the bus were not functioning and drove it in reverse gear towards a small pit with an objective to stop it. The driver's trick worked and the bus stopped after jerking. Half-a- dozen kids, including Janhnavi, Riya, Kalpana, Shivani, Shikha, and Shakshi, sustained minor injuries in the incident.
MAN DIES: A 28-years-old man who had gone to work from Bharatganj, nagar panchayat of Manda police station area here died in Gujarat due to sudden chest pain. When the body was brought to the native village by family members, there was mourning in the house.
Irfan Ahmed of Ward 5 Garopur Mohalla of Bharatganj Nagar Panchayat of Manda police station area, used to work in a private company while living in Gandhidham, Gujarat. On Sunday morning when he reached his room from the company after night shift he suddenly started having chest pain. He was admitted to a nearby hospital for treatment by his friends. But Irfan died within a short while. The deceased was the youngest among five brothers.
In another incident, a man died after being hit by a train on the Delhi Via Howrah railway line in Manda police station area. On getting the information the police reached the spot and took possession of the body and sent it for the post-mortem.
According to information track man Shivshankar Patel saw the body of a young man on the down line of Delhi Howrah railway line near Garetha village of Manda police station area at night. He immediately sent this information along with a memo to Manda GRP. GRP incharge Bharat Bhushan Tiwari informed the Manda police about the incident.
On information Dighia outpost incharge Ashish Yadav reached the spot with the police team. The police identified the deceased as Sanjay Mishra (37), from the Aadhaar card found in his pocket and informed the family.
The body was brought to the police outpost there. After the panchnama it was sent for post-mortem. The deceased was the younger of the two brothers and unmarried. According to family members, Sanjay had gone out to Dighia market for shopping in the afternoon. When he did not reach home at night, they started searching for him. The family members were shocked when the policemen informed about his death at night.