Fifteen school students sustained injuries when the pool car they were traveling in plunged into a canal in Hooghly district on Friday. Three students, critically injured, were swiftly transported to Kolkata’s SSKM Hospital within 40 minutes, facilitated by a green corridor established by the police.
The pool car was en route to a school near Kamdebpur in Hooghly when the incident occurred around 8:30 am. Police reported that the driver lost control of the vehicle on Delhi Road, causing it to fall into a canal. All the students and the driver suffered injuries and were initially taken to Chinsurah Super Speciality Hospital in the district. Subsequently, three students in critical condition were referred to SSKM Hospital.
To expedite the transfer, at least three trauma-care ambulances were deployed along a 60-km long green corridor leading to Kolkata. A senior officer from Polba police station in Hooghly stated that the three students are now in stable condition.
Inspector General of West Bengal Traffic Police, Tanmay Roy Chowdhury, suspects that overspeeding might have been a factor in the accident. Investigations are underway, with the involvement of traffic inspectors and technical experts to determine the precise cause of the incident.
