New Delhi: Six children died when a school bus collided with a tree in Haryana’s Mahendragarh on Thursday morning (April 11).
A show-cause notice has been issued to the school and some other schools that remained open on Thursday despite a public holiday on account of Eid, news agency PTI reported.
Meanwhile, the Haryana government has ordered a probe into the incident.
According to NDTV, the driver is believed to have been drunk.
The bus was carrying students from classes 4 to 10. They were from to GL Public School.
At least 12 injured students have been admitted to a local hospital, the news outlet reported. Two others, who are said to be in a critical condition, have been moved to a Rohtak hospital, it said.
“We are investigating the drink driving claims and have conducted a medical test on the driver. The bus’s fitness certificate was not renewed,” senior police officer Arsh Verma told NDTV. Official documents show that the bus’s fitness certificate had expired six years ago in 2018.
