Two students dead after school bus overturns in UP's Prayagraj

Updated : Dec 19, 2022 15:41
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PTI

Two school students died and 12 more were injured as a bus overturned in a village in UP's Prayagraj on Saturday, as per police.

The students from a school in Jaunpur were on a tour of Prayagraj in the bus when the accident took place in Bheski village under the Handia police station area, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Ganganagar) Abhishek Agarwal said.

ACP, Handia, Sudhir Kumar said eyewitnesses informed police that the driver of the bus lost control of the vehicle while trying to avoid hitting a bicycle and it overturned.

The deceased were identified as Ankit (14) and Anurag (15).

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The injured students have been referred to the SRN Hospital for treatment. There were around 75 students in the bus, Kumar added.

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