4 school students killed, 11 injured as tempo hits truck in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain

INDORE: Four school students died and 11 others sustained grievous injuries when tempo collided with a truck near Hatai Palki area in Ujjain district on Monday morning.
The injured students were rushed to three private hospitals and one health facility in Nagda.
Four died in a private hospital in Ujjain while undergoing treatment.
The injured were pulled out of the vehicle with the help of a rope by the villagers.
The tempo driver had picked up the children studying in two convent private schools from Hataipalki village on Monday morning. The students of standard sixth and eight were in tempo.
Collector Ashish Singh said, “There was a driver and 15 students in the tempo when the incident took place. The injured students were rushed to three private hospitals and one health facility in Nagda with the help of villagers.”
“Four serious students were referred to Ujjain hospital, where they died undergoing treatment.”, said Collector Singh. “The truck driver and the tempo driver are arrested in relation to accident”, added Singh.