Rod pierces 10-year-old’s jaw in Savli

When an autorickshaw — hired by his family — came to pick him,he made a dash towards it.

In a bid to jump over the campus wall,Parmar climbed the railing. While doing so,he slipped and fell on the trident-shaped iron rods of the railings and one of the rods pierced through his jaw.

According to the information gathered,the people around managed to cut the iron rod and rushed the boy to city-based Sangam Hospital.

When reports last came in,the boy was still in the operation theatre. The hospital authorities said it would take a couple of hours more before his condition was known.