3 Children Killed, 12 Injured As School Wall Collapses

3 Dec, 2016 18:15 IST

The road roller that hit the wall while school children were having their mid-day meals on the other side of the wall.&nbsp;

Kannauj (UP): Three children were killed and 12 others seriously injured when the wall of a primary school collapsed in Talgram village here on Saturday morning, police said.

The children were sitting along side the wall for their mid day meal when the road roller, involved in road construction work outside, hit it (wall) leading to its collapse, police said. The three children, identified as Jhanvi (7), Vandana (11) and Ritli (9), were buried under the debris and died, police said, adding 12 others were seriously injured and admitted to a local hospital where the condition of one of them was stated to be critical.

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