Four school students injured after van overturns in Mohali

Four students of Kendriya Vidyalaya, Dappar, sustained severe injuries when the private van that they were travelling in overturned near Dera Bassi.

The injured kids were referred to Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, while three others who sustained minor injuries are admitted to Dera Bassi Sub-Divisional Hospital.

The van was ferrying around 20 students. They were returning home to Chadiala from the school around 2.30 pm.

The accident took place when the driver, Rajkumar of Dera Bassi, 50, lost control while trying to dodge a vehicle approaching from the other side. The vehicle went off the road and overturned. The van’s windows were also broken in the incident.

Passers-by rushed to bail out the students from the overturned vehicle.

Sharing further details, Dera Bassi station house officer (SHO) Sumit Mor said, “The statement of the driver and students will be recorded after they are discharged from the hospital.”

“The accidental vehicle is a private van that was hired to pick up and drop children to school,” the SHO further added.

Residents, meanwhile, questioned the role of traffic police in ensuring the safety of school children and called for effective implementation of Safe Vahan police.

“How is it that old vehicles are being used to transport 20-25 school children day in and day out for years. Does the Mohali administration and traffic police not see them plying on roads daily?” the residents questioned.