Tragic school bus accident claims life of five-year-old in Sircilla | Hyderabad News

Hyderabad: Even as the death toll among school children continues to rise, there seems to be no decline in school bus and van accidents across the state.
In the latest school bus incident, a five-year-old kindergarten student died after falling under the wheels of a private school bus in Mandal capital Mustabad of Rajanna Sircilla district on Monday.
Salkam Manogna of Namapur village got off the bus and was walking towards her classroom when the driver reversed without noticing her. She fell under the wheels and died on the spot with severe head injuries. A case was filed against the driver, Jangam Gurumurthy, following a complaint from the girl’s mother, Venkatalaxmi. The vehicle has been seized, said Chindam Ganesh, SHO, Mustabad. Venkatalaxmi is a beedi worker and her husband Raju is a daily wage labourer.
Several cases have been reported across the state in the last year, with at least eight such incidents reported in and around Hyderabad alone.
Despite Telangana High Court Last year, when I sent notices to the state government after a Class 2 student was crushed to death after being hit by a school bus in Bachupally, it appears that little attention was paid to management or while dropping off children near schools. to ensure the safety of children back in their places of residence.
An 11-year-old boy was run over by a school bus in Borabanda on September 23. Shiva Charan, a Class V student, was on his way home from school on his bike when an oncoming school bus hit the bike.
On September 13, a five-year-old student at an international school in Mallampet in Dundigal was run over by her school bus. The girl was getting off the bus on school grounds when the bus mowed her down.
In another accident on August 30, a speeding truck hit a sixth-grader on the main road in Habsiguda as she was riding her mother’s scooter home.
In an accident on August 4, a seven-year-old boy, who was riding pillion with his father, died after a car driven by a drunk youth hit the rear of his bike in Ibrahimbagh, Golconda.
Although HC issued notices to the state government last year after a Class 2 student was crushed to death after being hit by a school bus in Bachupally, very little consideration is being given