Narrow escape for 60 students as private school bus falls into dry canal, 20 students suffer injuries

Some 20 schoolchildren were injured erstwhile an overloaded backstage schoolhouse autobus carrying astir 60 students overturned and fell into a adust irrigation canal astatine Ganeshpadu colony successful Penuballi mandal of Khammam territory connected Friday evening.

According to the police, the autobus belonging to Sri Vivekananda School astatine Moddulagudem colony successful neighbouring Vemsoor mandal was connected its mode to Ganeshpadu from the school, ferrying the students to their homes, erstwhile the mishap occurred.

Nearly 60 students connected committee the jam-packed autobus had a constrictive flight erstwhile the speeding autobus turned turtle earlier falling into a canal adjacent Ganeshpadu. At slightest 20 students suffered insignificant injuries.

The autobus was moving astatine a precocious velocity astatine an accident-prone spot erstwhile the operator mislaid power of the conveyance starring to the accident.

The incidental bore a striking resemblance to different roadworthy mishap involving a backstage engineering assemblage autobus successful Aswapuram mandal of Bhadradri Kothagudem district, which near astir 30 students injured earlier successful the day.