School van falls off road in Malappuram, driver and students injured

MALAPPURAM: A school van fell off the road here in Kondotty's Musliyarangadi leaving students and driver injured. The said children are students of VHM Higher Secondary School in Morayur. The accident took place around 9 am.

The van was going to VHM Higher Secondary School in Morayur with students in the morning when the accident happened. According to reports, seven students and the driver were injured. It is indicated that twelve students were in the van.

Sources claim that the van lost control and fell down twelve feet. The injured were admitted to a private hospital in Kondotty. After the accident, the locals rushed to the hospital after seeing the accident. The doctors and the police have indicated that none were seriously injured.

"The road is a bit narrow. When the school van gave space to the opposite vehicle, it overturned and fell down. There were twelve children and the driver in the vehicle. The locals here reached the spot. When I saw the condition of the vehicle, I thought that most of the children would have been seriously injured. But I heard that no one's injuries are as serious as I feared," a local said.

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