Eight students injured in accident

FIROZABAD - At least eight students, in the age group 12-15 years, were injured when their school bus overturned due to a tyre burst here in Uttar Pradesh Saturday morning, police said.

The accident took place in Tundla area, when the driver of the bus of Udai Public School lost control of the vehicle.

“We have managed to rescue all the students who were trapped inside the bus. The injured are being treated at a hospital,” police inspector R.P. Singh told reporters in Firozabad, some 350 km from state capital Lucknow.