GUWAHATI, DEC 21: In a tragic incident, seven girls students died on the spot and over 40 others were injured after a school bus overturned along old Cachar Road near Longsai area in Manipur’s Noney district .
According to reports, ten of the injured students are stated to be in serious condition.
“The bus, in which the students of the Thambalnu Higher Secondary School, Yairipok (Thoubal district of Manipur) were traveling, overturned after the driver lost control of it,” said a police official.
The students went on an annual study tour to Khoupum in Noney in two buses.
The bus occupied by the girl students met the accident near Longsai area of Manipur, around 55 km from the state capital Imphal.
Out of 40 injured students, 14 of them were rushed to the Region Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Imphal, and 26 to the Raj Medicity hospital in Imphal.
Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh also rushed to the RIMS and Raj Medicity and inquired about the health condition of the injured students.
“Deeply saddened to hear about the accident of a bus carrying schoolchildren at the Old Cachar Road today. The SDRF Medical team and MLAs have rushed to the site to coordinate the rescue operation. Praying for the safety of everyone on the bus,” said Manipur CM Biren Singh.
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