Chennai, Oct 11 (BPNS)
15 school children were injured after the van in which they were traveling overturned in Virudhachalam, Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu. The accident occurred after the van-carrying students entered into a race with another van from the same school.
The school van, according to local police entered into a race with the other school van at Adhanur near Virudhachalam and the driver tried to overtake the other van. The driver lost control after the van rammed with the other van. The van, according to the Virudhachalam police veered towards one side and overturned. The driver of the van is also injured. Police have registered a case against the drivers of the two vans for speeding and rash driving.
It may be noted that nine people including 5 school children lost their lives in Vadakanchery, Palakkad district of Kerala due to negligent and rash driving by a tourist bus driver on the 5th of October.
The school students were on a school tour to Ooty when the accident occurred. Kerala state motor vehicles department is now into a crackdown on tourist buses and vans that do not have the proper documents.
Meanwhile, the local people have blocked the Virudhunagar- Chidambaram road protesting against the rash driving of school bus drivers. Kannan Ramanathan, a local businessman while speaking to BPNS said, “ The local people had complained several times to the school authorities and the police against speeding school vans and buses. This incident is an eye opener and the police must take stringent action against those involved in this accident.”
