School Bus turned turtle, 12 students injured

Darsi: The bus belonging to SVR School in Darsi is turned upside down in a canal beside road enroute to school after picking up the students on Thursday morning. The passersby rescued the students and driver from the bus and found that 12 students and driver are injured in the accident.

According to in-charge SI S Nagaraju, the SVR School Bus reached Veerayyapalem around 7AM and is returning to Darsi with nearly 20 students. The bus driver Ramana observed that the steering wheel is stuck in between the Veerayyapalem and Chintalapalem and tried to free it by force, resulting in the vehicle lunge suddenly on left side. He is claiming to be applied brakes but they are not cooperative at that moment and the bus jumped into the canal flowing parallel to the road and subsequently turned turtle. A couple behind the bus immediately jumped into action and brought the children and driver out of the bus before they could swallow the stocked water in the canal.

The passersby informed the ambulance and it shifted the 12 injured students and the driver Ramana to the community health centre in Darsi for treatment. The police suspect that the bus didn't have fitness and registered a case of negligent driving before starting the investigation of the case.