By IANS,
Lucknow : Eight school children and a staff member were injured here Tuesday when the speeding school van carrying them overturned as the driver lost control, police said.
Three girls were injured seriously. The van was carrying a total of 23 students and the school employee.
The incident occurred near the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences area and the bus belonged to SK Public School.
According to police, the accident occurred when the driver turned back to ask the children not to make noise.
Passers-by rescued the trapped school children and took them to a nearby medical facility.
Angry parents accused the school management of overcrowding the vehicle and not keeping trained drivers. Police officials said they would probe how a van that could hardly hold eight children kids was packed with 23 students plus a staff member.