Excelsior Correspondent
RAJOURI, May 9: Eleven persons, including 10 school students, were injured in a road accident involving three vehicles near Kalakote town in Rajouri district today.
Reports said the mishap occurred when a private school bus carrying students home after school hours collided with a passenger bus coming from the opposite direction near Kalakote. A tempo traveller following behind also got involved in the collision.
The injured included students travelling in the school bus and one woman passenger. Soon after the accident, local residents and police personnel launched rescue operations and shifted the injured to Community Health Centre (CHC) Kalakote for treatment.
Two seriously injured students were later referred to Government Medical College (GMC) Associated Hospital Rajouri for specialized treatment. Doctors at GMC said their condition was stable.
The accident caused disruption in traffic movement for some time. Police have registered a case and started investigation into the incident.
Preliminary reports suggest overspeeding and negligence as possible reasons behind the accident, though the exact cause would be known after completion of the probe.
The injured have been identified as Rizwan, Ikra Choudhary, Saifron Sabri, Sakshi, Manvi Gaija, Vani Rajput, Yuvika, Isha Devi, Harman Singh, Yuvraj Singh and Sarita.
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