Barabanki bus mishap: 3 schoolkids among 4 killed

The police identified the deceased as Shubhi (14), Mansi (13), and Kamini (14). All three were students of Class 8, while the fourth victim was identified as Sufiyan Ansari (28), the bus conductor.

Barabanki Circle Officer (City) Jagatran Kanojia said, “Two other children were seriously injured and have been shifted to Lucknow’s King George’s Medical University for treatment.”

A total of 42 children, of classes 7 and 8, four teachers, a bus driver and a conductor were on the bus.

An officer said the accident happened around 6 pm on Tuesday after the bus encountered a high-speed motorcycle near Salarpur area. “The driver tried to avoid a collision and the bus overturned. Emergency services were pressed into action with senior officials and personnel from the administration and Basic Education Department soon reached the site to coordinate the rescue operation,” said the officer.

Some of the injured children underwent treatment at the Community Health Centre in Dewa, while some were shifted to the Barabanki district hospital.

The officer said that the man riding the motorcycle and a child riding with him suffered injuries and have been referred to the KGMU trauma centre in Lucknow.