2 hurt in Chaitanya school bus mishap

HYDERABAD: A school bus with 40 students lost control, and hit a tree slide into a ditch in Shamirpet, Monday afternoon. Two kids suffered minor wounds, police said.

“The bus was moving at a speed of 10 km per hour at the bend. The kids are safe and only the front portion of the bus got damaged,” police said, adding that the driver felt drowsy and lost control. “We tested him and found he was not drunk,” they said.

According to Shamirpet police the bus belonging to Sri Chaitanya School, Majeedpur, had started from Shamirpet to drop the students towards Tummakunta.

“The accident occurred at 1 pm when the bus driver lost control and hit a tree near Dongala Maisamma tea shop and overturned into a ditch.

The school management took the children for a general check-up and dropped them at their houses. We have not received any complaint,” Shamirpet police inspector A. Sudheer Kumar, said.