A tragic incident which took place on Tuesday afternoon, an uncontrolled truck rammed into a school van near the Sun Temple located in Bundu police station area in Ranchi District. The van was carrying school children, in which four children died in the accident.
The uncontrolled truck hit the school van so hard that the van fell 50 meters away. Several children were present in the school van at the time of the incident. Till the time of filing the reports four children died on the spot in this accident while many other children have been seriously injured. After the incident, many children were trapped in the school van for a long time with serious injuries.
On getting information about the incident, the Bundu police station reached the spot and started the rescue operation. The bodies of two children were pulled out from the crashed school van. At present, the police are investigating the whole matter and trying to identify the children who died in the accident and inform their families.
After the accident, angry local people blocked the NH33 main road, after which there was a long traffic jam on both sides. Operations on Ranchi-Jamshedpur route have been completely stopped. After the information about the death of school children in the accident, a large number of local people have gathered at the spot. People say that often road accidents happen near Bundu Sun Temple, in which people also die, but no steps are being taken by the police administration to control it. At present, senior police officers are also keeping an eye on the whole situation.
Chief Minister Hemant Soren and several other senior leaders expressed grief over the accident and said that the State government will provide all relief to the victims and their kin.