UP: School van's radiator bursts, students hurt

Students of Kaushik Public School in Gulawathi Nagar of Bulandshahr sustained serious burn injuries when the radiator of their school van blew up. Locals immediately took the children out of the van and splashed milk on their burns for quick relief.

Bulandshahr (Uttar Pradesh): Several students of a private school sustained serious burn injuries after the radiator of their school van blew up in Gulawathi Nagar of Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr on Monday.

However, spontaneous action by locals averted a major mishap. They immediately took the children out of the van and splashed milk on their burns for quick relief.

Locals said that the Tata magic van ferried students of Kaushik Public School in Gulawathi Nagar. Reportedly, the van was ferrying more people than its capacity and the school authorities did not pay any heed to the condition of the van.

Over a dozen students were present in the van at the time of the mishap. When the radiator burst, liquid chemicals and water splashed out of it and burnt the students.

The locals alleged that the schools took huge sum as fees but didn't offer efficient vehicles for conveyance. Neither the Education Department nor the school authorities pay heed to the complaints filed by the students and their parents, they added.