Teacher killed, 47 college students damage in Chandahandi ghat highway accident
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By Express News Service
UMERKOTE: A schoolteacher was killed and round 47 college students sustained accidents after the non-public bus by which they have been travelling overturned at Chandahandi ghat in Nabarangpur district on Wednesday. The deceased was recognized as Prabhas Jena, a bodily training instructor (PET) at Swami Vivekananda High School in Umerkote. The mishap occurred when college students of the highschool together with some academics have been on their strategy to attend a district-level sports activities occasion in Chandahandi block.
Sources stated whereas negotiating a steep activate the ghat highway, the bus driver misplaced management and the automobile overturned. Following the accident, locals rushed to the spot and pulled the injured college students and academics out of the broken bus. Fire companies personnel and police additionally arrived on the spot and rushed the injured to Jharigaon Community Health Centre (CHC).
Sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) of Umerkote Madhusikta Misra stated greater than 50 college students and academics have been within the bus when it overturned. At least seven college students and three PETs have been shifted to the district headquarters hospital, Nabarangpur as their situation is vital.
On the day, native MP Ramesh Chandra Majhi, Nabarangpur SP S Sushree, sub-collector Prakash Misra and SDC chairperson Pradeep Majhi visited the mishap website and met the injured college students and academics on the CHC. Locals alleged that the Ghat highway has steep inclines and sharp turns which create issues for commuters. Due to the steepness, accidents happen on the route continuously.
Meanwhile, it’s alleged that the non-public bus concerned within the mishap reportedly had no allow to ply on the route. Besides, the bus was overloaded with passengers as greater than 50 faculty college students and employees have been contained in the automobile towards its seating capability of 32. The SDPO stated an in depth inquiry will probably be performed to establish the circumstances resulting in the mishap.
UMERKOTE: A schoolteacher was killed and round 47 college students sustained accidents after the non-public bus by which they have been travelling overturned at Chandahandi ghat in Nabarangpur district on Wednesday. The deceased was recognized as Prabhas Jena, a bodily training instructor (PET) at Swami Vivekananda High School in Umerkote. The mishap occurred when college students of the highschool together with some academics have been on their strategy to attend a district-level sports activities occasion in Chandahandi block.
Sources stated whereas negotiating a steep activate the ghat highway, the bus driver misplaced management and the automobile overturned. Following the accident, locals rushed to the spot and pulled the injured college students and academics out of the broken bus. Fire companies personnel and police additionally arrived on the spot and rushed the injured to Jharigaon Community Health Centre (CHC).
Sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) of Umerkote Madhusikta Misra stated greater than 50 college students and academics have been within the bus when it overturned. At least seven college students and three PETs have been shifted to the district headquarters hospital, Nabarangpur as their situation is vital.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
On the day, native MP Ramesh Chandra Majhi, Nabarangpur SP S Sushree, sub-collector Prakash Misra and SDC chairperson Pradeep Majhi visited the mishap website and met the injured college students and academics on the CHC. Locals alleged that the Ghat highway has steep inclines and sharp turns which create issues for commuters. Due to the steepness, accidents happen on the route continuously.
Meanwhile, it’s alleged that the non-public bus concerned within the mishap reportedly had no allow to ply on the route. Besides, the bus was overloaded with passengers as greater than 50 faculty college students and employees have been contained in the automobile towards its seating capability of 32. The SDPO stated an in depth inquiry will probably be performed to establish the circumstances resulting in the mishap.
