Meerut, Nov. 21 -- A major accident was averted on Thursday morning when a school mini-bus carrying 30 children overturned after its axle broke near the Salaur Rasoolpanah canal bridge in Kithore. Hearing the screams of the children, local residents rushed to the spot and rescued all the students from the overturned vehicle. Eleven children sustained injuries in the incident.
They mini-bus belonged to Pandit Rajkumar Sharma Public School, located in Asifabad, Parikshitgarh. The driver, Shadab, son of Irfan and a resident of Sarangpur Khadar, was transporting children to school when the front axle suddenly snapped around 7:30 a.m., causing the right wheel to detach.
The bus veered off the road and overturned on the canal embankment.
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