Five school children among 6 killed in Patiala accident

Five school children among 6 killed in Patiala accident

PATIALA: Five schoolchildren had been among six killed in a head-on collision between an SUV and a sand-laden truck on Patiala-Samana street close to Nassupur village in Punjab’s Patiala district Wednesday afternoon. Seven others had been injured in the accident. The truck driver, Bhupinder Singh, has been arrested.The SUV was carrying the scholars – aged between seven and 12 – to Samana from their school in Patiala’s Sular Road when it collided with the truck. The impression pushed the SUV off the street, and it crashed right into a tree. The car’s entrance portion was mangled past recognition and rescuers had to make use of a JCB to retrieve the our bodies of the deceased children.The victims had been recognized as Bhavyan Sachdeva (8) and his elder sister Bhivanshi Sachdeva (11), Aradhya Lumba (10) and Parv Sachdeva (12), all from Samana. Another 10-year-old woman pupil, Sehjal Bansal, succumbed at a Patiala hospital. The deceased SUV driver was Balwinder Singh from Fatehpur village.Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann condoled the tragedy. Expressing profound grief and sorrow, he shared his heartfelt sympathies with the members of the bereaved households. He stated the injured children had been beneath remedy in varied hospitals in Patiala. CM Mann stated he was in contact with the district administration and had directed them to make sure the perfect medical amenities for all of the injured.