Our callous approach to safety kills children
Fifteen people, including 14 school children, were killed and 15 other children seriously injured when a train rammed into their bus at an unmanned railway crossing in Masayipet village of Telangana's Medak district on Thursday. Photo: Sudhakar Reddy- Rescue work at the accident site (Photo: Sudhakar Reddy)
- The children are under observation and some of them are in serious condition, the doctors said (Photo: Sudhakar Reddy)
- Doctors treating the injured children at a corporate hospital in Hyderabad said they are doing all kinds of medical tests and said several of them had suffered multiple fractures on different parts of their bodies (Photo: Sudhakar Reddy)
- Due to the force of the collision, bodies were thrown out of the bus into the bushes by the side of the track. (Photo: Sudhakar Reddy)
- \"The governments should ensure that such incidents are not repeated in future,\" actor Pavan Kalyan said, after visiting a private hospital in Hyderabad where the injured school children were undergoing treatment (Photo: Sudhakar Reddy)
- Actor Pavan Kalyan said both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh governments should form a committee with public representatives to look into the issues of the unmanned level crossings in both the states (Photo: Sudhakar Reddy)
- Earlier, hundreds of villagers staged road-blockade and held a sit-in near the mishap site (Photo: Sudhakar Reddy)
- The locals were the first to rush to the accident spot in large numbers and contributed in the rescue efforts (Photo: Sudhakar Reddy)
- Medak In-charge Collector A Sharat said they received reports that the bus driver was talking over phone while driving at the unmanned railway crossing (Photo: Sudhakar Reddy)
- \"I heard a big thud and came out of my house. I saw the bus was being dragged by the train\" A local said (Photo: Sudhakar Reddy)
- The locals tried to remove debris so that children who were entangled in the shattered remains of the bus could be rescued (Photo: Sudhakar Reddy)
- The accident occurred at an unmanned railway level crossing between Masayipet and Wadiaram railway stations on Secunderabad- Nizamabad section of Hyderabad, when the passenger train collided with the bus while it was on the tracks.
- A raincoat and school book lie on the ground near the site of the accident.
- A mother hold the lifeless body of her daughter who was one of the 14 victims killed in the tragic accident.
- Parents and mourners crowd around the dead bodies of the children who were taken out of the bus that collided with the train.
- A man looks under the crushed metal of the bus in search of children who may have still been in the bus.
- Media personal covering the rescue operation from the accident site.
- The injured have been shifted to the nearby hospitals through ambulances.
- On receipt of the information, a medical relief van was immediately rushed to the spot from Nizamabad and Secunderabad and senior railway officials, including medical team from Secunderabad, were rushed to the accident spot, so as to undertake
- The private school bus came on to the railway track and was hit by Nanded Secunderabad Passenger train which was passing through.
- The Nanded-Secunderabad Passenger train was delayed by 5 hours.
- South Central Railway officials said the accident occurred at an unmanned railway level crossing between Masayipet and Wadiaram railway stations on Secunderabad- Nizamabad section of Hyderabad division at 9.10 am.
- State Home Minister Naini Narsimha Reddy expressed his condolences and said a thorough inquiry will be conducted. \"It is a sad incident. A thorough inquiry will be conducted and action will be taken against those responsible,\" he said.
- Telangana Irrigation Minister T Harish Rao and Transport Minister P Mahender Reddy visited a hospital where the injured were admitted and also rushed to the accident spot.
- State Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao reviewed the situation with Chief Secretary Rajiv Sharma and DGP Anurag Sharma. He ordered the officials to take necessary steps to extend all medical assistance to the injured.
- According to Telangana Government Railway Police Inspector General Kripanand Tripathi Ujela, 12 boys and the school bus driver were killed on the spot after their bus was hit by the passenger train. \"The injured students have been rushed to
- Police said the toll may rise as some of the children were critically injured.
- The 15 students of a private school, who sustained serious injuries in the mishap that occurred in Yeldurthy mandal of Medak, were rushed to various hospitals in Hyderabad.
- Rescue work at the accident site (Photo: Sudhakar Reddy)
- The children are under observation and some of them are in serious condition, the doctors said (Photo: Sudhakar Reddy)
- Doctors treating the injured children at a corporate hospital in Hyderabad said they are doing all kinds of medical tests and said several of them had suffered multiple fractures on different parts of their bodies (Photo: Sudhakar Reddy)
- Due to the force of the collision, bodies were thrown out of the bus into the bushes by the side of the track. (Photo: Sudhakar Reddy)
- "The governments should ensure that such incidents are not repeated in future," actor Pavan Kalyan said, after visiting a private hospital in Hyderabad where the injured school children were undergoing treatment (Photo: Sudhakar Reddy)
- Actor Pavan Kalyan said both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh governments should form a committee with public representatives to look into the issues of the unmanned level crossings in both the states (Photo: Sudhakar Reddy)
- Earlier, hundreds of villagers staged road-blockade and held a sit-in near the mishap site (Photo: Sudhakar Reddy)
- The locals were the first to rush to the accident spot in large numbers and contributed in the rescue efforts (Photo: Sudhakar Reddy)
- Medak In-charge Collector A Sharat said they received reports that the bus driver was talking over phone while driving at the unmanned railway crossing (Photo: Sudhakar Reddy)
- "I heard a big thud and came out of my house. I saw the bus was being dragged by the train" A local said (Photo: Sudhakar Reddy)
- The locals tried to remove debris so that children who were entangled in the shattered remains of the bus could be rescued (Photo: Sudhakar Reddy)
- The accident occurred at an unmanned railway level crossing between Masayipet and Wadiaram railway stations on Secunderabad- Nizamabad section of Hyderabad, when the passenger train collided with the bus while it was on the tracks.
- A raincoat and school book lie on the ground near the site of the accident.
- A mother hold the lifeless body of her daughter who was one of the 14 victims killed in the tragic accident.
- Parents and mourners crowd around the dead bodies of the children who were taken out of the bus that collided with the train.
- Picture for representational purpose.
- Media personal covering the rescue operation from the accident site.
- The injured have been shifted to the nearby hospitals through ambulances.
- On receipt of the information, a medical relief van was immediately rushed to the spot from Nizamabad and Secunderabad and senior railway officials, including medical team from Secunderabad, were rushed to the accident spot, so as to undertake
- The private school bus came on to the railway track and was hit by Nanded Secunderabad Passenger train which was passing through.
- The Nanded-Secunderabad Passenger train was delayed by 5 hours.
- South Central Railway officials said the accident occurred at an unmanned railway level crossing between Masayipet and Wadiaram railway stations on Secunderabad- Nizamabad section of Hyderabad division at 9.10 am.
- State Home Minister Naini Narsimha Reddy expressed his condolences and said a thorough inquiry will be conducted. "It is a sad incident. A thorough inquiry will be conducted and action will be taken against those responsible," he said.
- Telangana Irrigation Minister T Harish Rao and Transport Minister P Mahender Reddy visited a hospital where the injured were admitted and also rushed to the accident spot.
- State Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao reviewed the situation with Chief Secretary Rajiv Sharma and DGP Anurag Sharma. He ordered the officials to take necessary steps to extend all medical assistance to the injured.
- According to Telangana Government Railway Police Inspector General Kripanand Tripathi Ujela, 12 boys and the school bus driver were killed on the spot after their bus was hit by the passenger train. "The injured students have been rushed to
- Police said the toll may rise as some of the children were critically injured.
- The 15 students of a private school, who sustained serious injuries in the mishap that occurred in Yeldurthy mandal of Medak, were rushed to various hospitals in Hyderabad.
Fifteen people, including 14 school children, were killed and 15 other children seriously injured when a train rammed into their bus at an unmanned railway crossing in Masayipet village of Telangana\'s Medak district on Thursday. Photo: Sudhakar Reddy
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