UP: 1 student killed, 14 including 2 teachers injured after bus rams into truck

A girl student of Class 11 was killed while 12 students of Classes 11 and 12 and two teachers were injured after their bus rammed into a truck from behind on National Highway2 in Fatehpur district of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday the police said reported the PTIThe incident took place in the Aung area of Fatehpur they saidAccording to the PTI the school bus ferrying intermediate students of the Government Inter College GIC Bindki was on the way to the Textile Institute in Kanpur for an exposure visit Inspector General of Police Prayagraj Range Prem Kumar Gautam saidThe students were travelling on three buses the officer said adding that one of the vehicles rammed into a truck while trying to overtake it Thirteen students and two women teachers were seriously injured in the incident the IG saidOn being informed about the accident a team from the Aung police station rushed to the spot and launched a rescue operation Police took the injured students and teachers to the Lala Lajpat Rai LLR Hospital where one of the students was declared dead on arrival said Kanpur District Magistrate Jitendra Pratap Singh who visited the hospital to ensure better treatment to the injured as per the PTIThe condition of one student is critical the DM addedThe deceased student has been identified as 17yearold Nasra FatimaA case has been registered against the truck driver whose identity is yet to be established Additional Superintendent of Police Fatehpur Vijay Shankar Mishra saidHe added that the bus drivers role is also under the scanner as he fled the scene after the incidentMeanwhile Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Aditayanth has announced an immediate financial assistance of Rs 2 lakh for the family of the deceasedIn a post in Hindi on X the Chief Ministers Office said UPCM myogiadityanath has expressed condolences to the family of the student who died in the accident in Fatehpur districtUPCM myogiadityanath hellipmdash CM Office GoUP CMOfficeUP January 21 2025The chief minister has directed district administration officials to provide proper and free treatment to the injured students Also instructions have been given to provide an immediate financial assistance of Rs 2 lakh to the family of the deceased student it addedwith PTI inputs