Three children were killed and 12 others were injured when a school van collided with a mini-truck and fell into a road side ditch on Milak Bilaspur Road under Kaimri police station area of Rampur district on Wednesday morning.
Superintendent of Police (SP) of Rampur, Sadhna Goswami said that the accident occurred at around 7:45 am on Wednesday when the van going to the school collided with a mini- truck near Semaria roundabout.
The deceased children were of standard one, two and four of Vidya Inter College and have been identified as Harman Singh (6), Kaushal Kumar (6) and Sarjeet Kaur (12). A dozen injured children have been admitted to the hospital. The driver of the mini-truck, identified as Arvind, hailing from Dhanbad in Jharkhand was arrested. Meanwhile in another accident in the adjoining Bareilly district, four school children of the Kanya Vidya Inter College were injured this morning when a tanker crushed a tempo in Kunka area. The injured children have been admitted to the hospital.
Meanwhile in a separate case reported from Etah, two youths were electrocuted when they came in contact with a high tension wire lying in an agriculture field in Jalesar police station area on Wesnesday morning. Yatendra (20) had gone out to attend to nature’s call when he came in contact with a high tension wire lying in an agriculture field, police said adding that Rahul (22), who was also around, rushed to rescue Yatendra. He also came in contact with the exposed live wire. They died on the spot, police said. Meanwhile, enraged locals staged a protest and blocked traffic on the Jalesar-Nidhauli road for over five hours. The blockade was lifted when senior officials rushed to the spot and assured agitators prompt action in the case.