Thirty two children were injured this morning when a school bus overturned and fell into a ditch while the driver was trying to overtake another bus near Dehar in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh.
Police said the bus was travelling on Ghumarwin-Dehar road
To Vivekananda Public School when around 8 AM, the driver tried to overtake another bus negligently due to which it overturned and fell few feet down the road.
SDM Rajeev Kumar rushed to the spot along with team of police and medical officials and supervised the rescue operations along with the help of locals.
The local administration has given immediate relief of Rs 5,000 to each of the seriously injured besides promising free treatment.
The driver of the bus was also injured in the mishap.
The roof of the bus was torn apart in the incident and the children were rescued from the opening, eye witnesses said.
Out of the 33 injured, 31 were taken to Civil Hospital in Sundernagar and two were referred to Bilaspur District Hospital.
All the injured were stated to be out of danger as they suffered minor injuries, police said.
Sundernagar MLA Sohan Lal Thakur visited the injured students and assured them every help on behalf from the state government.
According Sundernagar DSP Sanjeev Bhatia, the police has registered a case under various sections of Indian Penal Code against the bus driver.
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