Latehar, Apr 30 (PTI) A 12-year-old boy died and 17 other children were injured after an auto-rickshaw carrying them from a school overturned in Jharkhand’s Latehar district on Thursday, police said.
Five of the critically injured students were referred to a hospital in Jharkhand’s Gumla district for better treatment, they said.
The accident took place at Baskarcha village under Mahuadanr police station limits when the “overloaded” auto-rickshaw carrying around 22 students overturned after the driver lost control, a police officer said.
The deceased were identified as Ankur Minz, a student of Class-7 at St Mikhail School in Latehar.
“The injured were admitted to a community health centre in Mahuadanr. Five students, who were seriously injured, have been referred to a hospital in Gumla for better treatment,” he said.
The driver and the vehicle owner fled after the incident, and a manhunt has been launched to nab them, the officer added. PTI CORR SAN RBT
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