Close shave for students as school bus overturns in Talwandi Kanungo village

Hoshiarpur, July 5

A private school bus ferrying students overturned near Talwandi Kanungo village on Friday. Fortunately, no loss of life was reported in the incident.

According to information, a bus of a private school located in Sham Churasi was going to drop students home from school when it overturned. After the accident, there was a panic among children in the bus. With the help of some passersby, students were taken out from the bus.

When the information about overturning of the school bus reached parents, they rushed to the accident spot to pick up their wards. The parents and other people present on the spot alleged that the bus driver did not have a driving licence. They said no strict action was taken against private schools by the administration for flouting the norms. They said schools employed inexperienced drivers on low wages due to which such accidents happened.

When the school principal was contacted on phone, he said accident happened due to a vehicle coming from the front. He said when the driver turned the school bus to one side to avoid collision with the vehicle coming from opposite side, it veered off to a kutcha road. The principal said when the driver suddenly applied brakes to stop the school bus, it overturned in a field along the kutcha road.

The principal said on receiving information about the accident, they rushed to the spot. When asked whether the driver had a driving licence, the principal said he had all required documents.