Eight school students injured in an autorickshaw-lorry collision in Visakhapatnam
The Hindu
8 students injured in Visakhapatnam auto-rickshaw-lorry collision. 14-yr-old girl in serious condition. Police suspect negligent & rash driving by both drivers. Locals rushed to help & police shifted students to hospital. DCP appeals to parents to check auto-rickshaw limits & appoint disciplined drivers.
As many as eight school students, including four girls, were injured after the autorickshaw in which they were travelling collided with a lorry near Sangham-Sarat Theatre Junction in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday. Among the students, a 14-year old girl has sustained severe head injuries and is said to be in serious condition, as per the police. The police suspect negligent and rash driving of both the autorickshaw and lorry driver may have led to the accident.
The incident occurred at around 7.40 a.m. when the auto-rickshaw carrying eight students was heading from Dondaparthy to a private school at Ram Nagar. While crossing the four-road junction near Sangham-Sarat Theatre, a speeding lorry which was heading towards RTC Complex route from Railway Station Road hit the autorickshaw. Several students including a girl flew out of the vehicle due to the impact, as the three-wheeler overturned.
Locals rushed to the spot and helped the injured children. Both the lorry driver and the autorickshaw driver were held by the locals and then were taken into police custody.
East Circle Traffic police, III Town and II Town police reached the spot and shifted the school students to Seven Hills Hospital at Ram Nagar.
Bhavesh, a Class VII student, said that he boarded the autorickshaw at around 7.30 a.m. and sat beside the driver. He said that a speeding lorry had hit them all of a sudden and he flew out of the vehicle. Some people picked me up and comforted me, he said.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone I), K. Srinivasa Rao, Additional DCP (Traffic) G. Srinivasa Rao, ACP (Dwaraka Zone) RVSN Murthy, III Town Police Station Inspector, K. Rama Rao visited the hospital and spoke with the injured children.
Speaking to The Hindu, DCP K. Srinivasa Rao said that among the eight students, three were discharged after administering first aid.
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