Phagwara: A government school teacher died
while 12 students were injured, three of them seriously, when
their bus rammed into a stationary truck at Goraya, ten kms
from here, on National Highway 1 this morning, police said.
Goraya SHO Parminder Singh identified the deceased as
Gurcharan Singh, an Art and Craft teacher of Government Senior
Secondary School, Tungan in Sangrur district.
Three critically injured students were admitted to
Civil Hospital Phagwara, he said.
They included Sukhjinder Singh, Hasandeep Singh and
Mandeep Singh, both aged around 16.
He said the other students, including 2-3 girls,
sustained minor injuries and were provided first aid at
nearby hospitals, including Bara Pind.
They sustained bruises and were discharged after first
aid, said SHO.
Giving details of the accident, he said that a bus was
carrying 47 students, including 28 boys and 19 girls, of
Tungan school to Science City Kapurthala as part of an
educational tour.
Three teachers, including two women teachers, were
accompanying them, he said.
A case was registered against the truck driver for
parking the truck in the area leading to the accident.
PTI
