Five schoolchildren were thrown out of a moving private school van after its rear door burst open mid-journey near Gayathri Layout in KR Pura, Bengaluru on Friday morning. Three children were injured in the incident.The children were sitting in the back of the van when the back door suddenly opened, causing them to fall onto the road. Fortunately, no vehicles were rear-ending at the time, preventing what could have been a much more serious accident.The traffic police later seized the van. The initial suspicion is that the rear door had not been properly closed before the vehicle began its journey. The exact circumstances behind the incident are being investigated.Earlier this year, an overloaded auto-rickshaw carrying more than 10 schoolchildren overturned on Harmu Road in Jharkhand. However, no child suffered major injuries.People on social media pointed to the common practice of carrying more children than the allowed capacity and questioned whether enough checks are carried out on school transport vehicles.“In India, a school van with a capacity of 10 children will carry 20 children, thus endangering their lives. I have never seen such a van challenged by the police,” someone wrote on X.
