The students were extricated from the bus, with the injured immediately taken to hospital for treatment
A school bus carrying around 50 children lost control and overturned by the roadside near Kondhwad village in the Rahuri area of Ahilyanagar on Saturday morning. Between 10 and 15 students sustained injuries, with one child in critical condition, though no fatalities were reported.
Locals, police rush to rescue students
On learning of the accident, locals and police rushed to the scene to carry out rescue operations, pulling children from the overturned bus and admitting the injured to a nearby private hospital.
Injured students taken to hospital for treatment
The students were extricated from the bus, with the injured immediately taken to hospital for treatment. One child’s condition is currently reported as critical. A video of the incident has since surfaced showing the bus badly overturned by the roadside, with several bystanders gathered nearby. An investigation is underway to determine the cause of the accident, and parents are following developments closely.
One student killed after tree falls on school bus in Mumbai
The Ahilyanagar accident comes three days after a separate incident in Mumbai, in which an 11-year-old student was killed and four others injured when a peepal tree fell on a school bus amid heavy rains. The incident occurred around 2:58 pm near a building on Road No. 11, as the bus was ferrying 13 students of Universal High School home. Fire brigade personnel and other agencies, along with the bus driver, conductor and local residents, evacuated all students, including two who had been trapped inside the bus. The five injured students, aged between 4 and 12, were rushed to a nearby private hospital.
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