Morigaon (Assam): A teacher was killed
and at least 28 students were injured, four of them seriously,
when a school excursion team bus overturned in Morigaon
district on Friday.
Police said the excursion team of a local school from
Langting in Karbi Anglong district was on way to Guwahati
when the bus driver lost control at around 4 am at Nellei and
the vehicle fell into a ditch.
While a teacher Anil Basumatary died on the spot,
at least 28 students got hurt, four of them seriously.
The four injured were referred to the Guwahati Medical
College Hospital while the rest are being treated at the
Morigaon civil hospital.
The driver of the vehicle is absconding.
PTI
First Published: Friday, March 19, 2010, 17:58