School wall collapses in Barabunki: As many as 40 children, between the age group of eight to 15 years, were injured when a floor of the verandah of the first floor of a private school building caved in Lucknow’s adjoining Barabanki district on Friday morning, confirmed senior police officials.
According to the police, the incident took place at the Awadh Academy School, a private institution, when a large number of children had gathered on the first-floor balcony while going down to attend the morning assembly.
The staff rushed the injured students to the Jahangirabad Primary Health Centre, around 300 meters from the school, where they received first aid. Doctors later referred them to the district hospital.
Police said that they pulled out many students from under the debris of the school wall caplases in Baranbanki balcony. The injured are being treated for injuries to their face, neck, hands and legs.
Barabanki District Magistrate, Satyendra Kumar said around 25 injured students are undergoing treatment at Jahangeerabad Community Health Centre located merely 300 meters from the accident site while the remaining. He said the students are being provided with the best medical facility and the children trapped on the first floor after the portion of its floor caved in was rescued.
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