3 children killed - School bus falls into a river in Kerala

Mangalore Today / PTI

Thiruvananthapuram, Sept 26: Three children of Jyothinilayam school were feared dead after the school van carrying around 30 school children plunged in to a river after losing control in Channamkara, Katinamkulam on Monday evening. There are unconfirmed reports that 20 children were saved.

 

The school bus of Jyothinilayam School in Kazhakootam fell into the Parvathi Puthanar. Driver Vipin was rescued. It is also said that majority of the students have been rescued and rushed to the nearby hospitals.

The accident took place about 25 km from here when the bus was carrying the students back home.All the students of the Jyothi Nilayam School near here were aged below 12 years, said Nedumangad constituency legislator Palode Ravi.

’The van has been pulled out of the canal and all those taken out have been moved to the hospital ’ said the legislator.He said that locals jumped into the canal rescued many children. Police and fire brigade teams are conducting salvage and rescue operations.