JAIPUR: A school bus carrying 20 students fell into a river in Bijoliya, a town in Rajasthan’s Bhilwara, on Monday, police said.
Locals and police officers rescued the children after breaking the windshield and windowpanes of the vehicle before anyone from the district administration reached the site.
A bus of AVS Public School, carrying students to school, fell into Palki river on Monday morning when the driver of the vehicle failed to judge the water level on the road and skidded off into the river in spate.
Bhilwara SP Pradeep Mohan Sharma said police officers from Bijoliya police station rescued the children with the help of villagers from Keserganj.
Sharma said that due to the incessant rain in the region for the past 48 hours, water levels in most seasonal rivers had increased.
On Monday, when the bus was making its way to school, the driver risked moving through a flooded road. But he lost control and the vehicle collapsed.
Police said the driver fled the spot but a case of negligent driving had been registered against him. Locals said they heard cries of help from the bus and rushed to the students’ help.