Skip to content Skip to navigation

School students dead in mishap

Two minor school students died at a remote area of an Indian state of Assam when a mini bus in which they went to school plunged it a deep gorge while crossing on a narrow wooden bridge on Thursday.

According to the family members, the driver was in inebriated condition as he was  carrying the vehicle to the morning shift school where the incident took place halfway.

Two bodies were fished out by the local residents while the injured others have been shifted to a local health centre for treatment. 

State disaster response force launched a vigorous search operation on the local rivulet to be completed an hour. 

Mob violence erupted on the spot who recovered the ill fated vehicle to be set on fire. Two local policemen were mercilessly thrashed by the angry mob as they tried to quell the agitated people.

Local residents told Assam Times news crew on the spot that bad roads and a technically infeasible vehicle combination were no less responsible for the mishap that bring pall of gloom into the entire West Assam district of Barpeta.

 

Author info

Jintul Talukdar's picture

JINTUL TALUKDAR FROM BAJALI, Barpeta

Add new comment

Random Stories

Campaigning ends for panchayat polls

28 Jan 2013 - 7:03pm | AT News
Campaigning for the first phase of panchayat polls ends. Polls will tae place Wednesday. The first phase will decide the fate of altogether 28,680 candidates in eight districts. Of them, 643...

Waiting for Modi

11 Apr 2014 - 9:11am | AT News
BJP workers in poll bound places are eagerly waiting for Narendra Modi to boost electioneering.The BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi will again visit the state to campaign for the party...

Delhi CM tweets for treatment of a dying tusker

20 May 2016 - 3:27pm | Jayanta Kumar Das
A badly injured eight years old wild tusker has been battling for life since May 18 at a remote village in India-Bhutan border in Udalguri district.The injured wild tusker had been very weak while...