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19 school kids hurt in van, truck collision, truck driver arrested

Condition of 3 children and van driver critical

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The mangled remains of the Traveller that was ferrying the kids.
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Nineteen children from Divyapath School in Memnagar were injured when the vehicle they were travelling in collided with a truck near Navapura village road in Changodar, Ahmedabad, around 7.15am on Friday. The driver of the vehicle, a Traveller, and three children are reported to be in critical condition and are under treatment at Zydus hospital.

Of the 19 children, 13 were taken to Zydus while the remaining were moved to Sola Civil Hospital. While all the children in Sola have been discharged, 12 are still undergoing treatment in Zydus.

According to Changodar police, the Traveller was ferrying kids from Bavla to their school when the truck made a sudden U-turn and collided with it. Though the driver of the truck fled soon after the accident, he later surrendered at the police station. Eyewitnesses said villagers in the area rushed to help the students who were stuck inside the vehicle.

Soon 108 emergency services personnel and local police reached the spot and rushed the injured to the hospitals. The students were of classes 5 to 10.

The police have identified the truck driver as Kalubhai, aka Jamalbhai Pathan, 35, a resident of Chhatral village in Kalol.

JV Rathod, sub-inspector with Changodar police, said Pathan has been booked under IPC 179 (refusing to answer public servant authorised to question), IPC 337(causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others), IPC 338 (causing grievous hurt by an act endangering life or personal safety of others) and Motor Vehicle Act 177 and 184.

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