Bus accident: Minister visits injured in hospital; makes voluntary donation to bereaved relatives

Minister for Medical Education and Raichur District Collector Sharan Prakash Patil on Friday handed over two cheques worth Rs 500,000 each to the bereaved families of 7-year-old Samarth and 12-year-old Shreekant of Kurdi village. They died in an accident on Thursday after their school bus collided with a KSRTC bus near Kapagal village in Manvi taluk of Raichur district.

There were 40 children in the van. Two of them died on the way to the hospital and 38 children were injured.

Dr Patil came to Kurdi village to offer condolences to the bereaved families. He said the state government had announced a compensation of Rs 500,000 each to the families of the deceased and Rs 300,000 to the seriously injured.

Earlier, the minister visited the injured at the Raichur Institute of Medical Sciences and a private hospital. The condition of the students Madhushree and Manjunath is said to be serious; one of the girls suffered a severe head injury and was referred to a neurosurgeon in Bengaluru.

“I have asked the deputy commissioner to investigate the incident and also to obtain a detailed report from the road transport department on the fitness of the school buses and the physical fitness and driving license of the drivers,” Dr Patil said.