Palakkad: A school bus carrying 20 students in it, plunged into a river at Alathur on Thursday after the bus driver lost control. A few students, around four, were injured traveling in their ASM school bus. They were rushed to the nearby Alathur taluk hospital. Meanwhile, police sources hinted that none of the students were seriously hurt.
It is learned that the bus plunged into the canal after the driver lost control. The accident occurred when the schools reopened for classes after five-day-long holidays amid heavy rain. The India Meteorological Department has sounded an orange alert in Palakkad on Thursday.
