Akaal Academy Bus In Accident

[Azaad]

At least six children and the driver of a school bus were killed Wednesday morning when their vehicle collided with a passenger train at an unmanned railway crossing in Punjab’s Jalandhar district.

While three students and the driver died on the spot, three critically injured children were declared brought dead at a hospital in Ludhiana city.

Fifteen children were also injured when the Akal Academy School bus met with the accident near Gumtala village near Nurmahal town, 40 km from here.

“Six students and the bus driver were killed,” Jalandhar district police chief R.K. Jaiswal told IANS.

Eyewitnesses told the police that the driver tried to cross the railway track even though the train was approaching.

The district administration has ordered a probe into the accident to be conducted by the additional deputy commissioner.

The injured children were rushed to hospitals in Ludhiana and Jalandhar.

At least 25 students have lost their lives in accidents involving school buses and trains at unmanned railway crossings in Punjab in the last two years.

[JustME]

waheguru

:pray:

[Samadhi]

Waheguru....

Link?

[Azaad]

http://www.jansamachar.net/display.php3?num=42390&id=

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Waheguru

[AvnitK]

omg students from akaal academy??

waheguru i really feel sorry for the parents of those kids

[amankaur]

At least six children and the driver of a school bus were killed Wednesday morning when their vehicle collided with a passenger train at an unmanned railway crossing in Punjab’s Jalandhar district.

While three students and the driver died on the spot, three critically injured children were declared brought dead at a hospital in Ludhiana city.

Fifteen children were also injured when the Akal Academy School bus met with the accident near Gumtala village near Nurmahal town, 40 km from here.

“Six students and the bus driver were killed,” Jalandhar district police chief R.K. Jaiswal told IANS.

Eyewitnesses told the police that the driver tried to cross the railway track even though the train was approaching.

The district administration has ordered a probe into the accident to be conducted by the additional deputy commissioner.

The injured children were rushed to hospitals in Ludhiana and Jalandhar.

At least 25 students have lost their lives in accidents involving school buses and trains at unmanned railway crossings in Punjab in the last two years.

Vahegurrooo can sangat please do a little Ardas for the little kids that died and Bhai Gurmail Ji the bus driver who all passed away today and do Ardas that the ones who are injured can recover. Dass will appreciate this. Maharaj Kirpan Karan. It was a very trageic accident, the bus just stopped on the rail tracks it wouldn't move because thats how death placed itself unfortuently

Vahegurroooooo

[Azaad]

Tomorrow would have been the last day in school before the summer vacation. But 25 and odd students of Akal Academy, Bilga, around 45 kilometres from Jalandhar, never reached school today. Eight of them died and fourteen others were seriously injured when the Matador van they were travelling in, was hit by a passenger train at an unmanned railway crossing early on Wednesday morning.

Three collisions have already taken place at this unmanned crossing in the past few years. In one of these collisions, four girl students of a private college had been killed on November 23 in 2006.

While injured students were rushed to DMCH in Ludhiana, a couple of children had a miraculous escape when they were thrown out of the van by the impact of the collision, which made the door of the van come off.

The driver and passengers of the Lohian-Ludhiana Passenger train claimed that they could see the van had stopped next to the track and hence the train made no attempt to apply brakes. But at the last moment, they said, the bus moved and before brakes could be applied, was hit by the moving train, which dragged the vehicle for some 200 yards before stopping.

Other eyewitness accounts supported the suspicion that the van developed some snag and stalled on the track. Seeing the approaching the train, the driver panicked and initially waved in a bid to stop the train. Then he got back into the van and tried to start it. The engine apparently started before stalling again, sealing the fate of the driver and the children.

One of the passengers, Des Raj, also told The Tribune that the van had moved suddenly, leaving no time for the train driver to stop.

Akal Academy Bilga is a unit of Solan (HP) based Kalgidhar Trust. A school spokesman, RS Mehta, claimed that the van did not belong to the institution but that parents had hired it to carry their wards to the Academy and back.

Among the dead were Maninderjit Singh (15) and his sister, Komal Preet Kaur (10). Other deceased children were identified as Jasleen Kaur, Manpreet Kaur, Simranpreet Kaur, Varinder Singh, Jaskiran Singh and the driver, Gurmel Singh.

Four children from one joint family, however, survived the accident. Three of them were at the back of the van and escaped with less serious injuries while the one at the front, Sukhpal, had both his lower limbs fractured.

[Azaad]

Unmanned crossing crash: Dharna continues

Dharmendra Joshi

Tribune News Service

Ghumtala (Bilga), May 21

The indefinite dharna at the unmanned crossing at Ghumtala village, falling under Bilga police station, continued on the second day today.

The protesters were demanding immediate manning of the unmanned crossing, where eight persons, including seven students, were killed in a collision between a school matador and a train yesterday.

Several residents of some surrounding villages also held a protest march today in Nurmahal bazaar under the aegis of an action committee in favour of their demand.

The protesters also gheraoed the car of Akali leader Prem Singh Chandumajra who was passing through the bazaar.

The state president of the Pendu Mazdoor Union, Tarsem Peter, said the Jail Minister, Hira Singh Gabria, and ADC (General) Gurpreet Singh Khera had assured the protesters at the dharna site that their representatives’ meeting would be arranged with the Chief Minister at Phagwara on Thursday morning but nothing was done today in this regard.

Peter demanded that all the unmanned crossings located in Nurmahal should be manned to avoid any mishap in future.

[Azaad]

the Punjab Government has promised to pay 10lakh Rs to the family of the deceased and 5lakh Rs. to the injured.

They also promised that all unmanned crossings located in Nurmahal would be manned to avoid any mishap in future.