At least eighteen students and a teacher sustained injuries when a school bus they were travelling in met with an accident in this central Kashmir district on Wednesday.
A bus (No. JK15-5460) ferrying students of Government MiddleSchool Chek Watrigam Bandipora skidded off the road near Repora Lar Bypass thisevening.
The Station House Officer police station Lar Arshid Ahmedtold Greater Kashmir that the injured were hospitalised and are stable.
The officer said that the students had gone on an excursionto Sonamarg and were on way back to Bandipora when the accident took place.
Medical Superintendent District Hospital Ganderbal, DrMehrajuddin Sofi, told Greater Kashmir that three injured students werereferred to SKIMS Soura for specialized treatment. He said that others were treated at Larhospital.
Meanwhile, the injured students were identified as Parveena,14, daughter of Jameel Ahmad Mughal, Tasleema, 12, daughter of Ruvaid Ahmad,Arizoo, 16, daughter of Rafeeq AhmadGojer, Naseema, 13, daughter of Shabir Ahmad Gojer, Aabida, 12, daughter ofMuhammad Sarwer Gojer, Nasreena, 11, daughter of Sarafraz Ahmad, Jameena, 13,daughter of Abdul Rashid, Mehnaaz, 14, daughter of Muhammad Amin Khan, Kulsuma,13, daughter of Showkat Ahmad Khan, Shubeena, 14, daughter of Sarafraz Khan,all residents of Check Watrigam, Bandipora. The injured school teacher wasidentified as Muhammad Yousuf Chopan, son of Muhammad Abdullah of Panzalpora.