Chandigarh: 1 School Student Dead, 18 Injured As Tree Falls In Sector 9

Injured students have been shifted to Chandigarh’s Government Medical Specialty Hospital (GMSH) where three students have been said to be seriously injured. 

Chandigarh: One student was killed while 18 others injured after a tree fell in Carmel Convent School premises

New Delhi: One student died while 18 others sustained injuries after a tree fell down in Chadigarh’s Sector 9 on Friday morning, reported news agency PTI. The incident took place at the city’s Carmel Convent  School in Sector 9 where some school students were trapped under a giant tree which fell down. 

Around 18 students were reported injured while one student of class 9th died in the mishap. Injured students have been shifted to Chandigarh’s Government Medical Specialty Hospital (GMSH) where three students have been said to be seriously injured. 

"The incident was reported at 11:10 am. It was an old peepal tree, a kind of heritage tree. Nineteen students and a staff attendant were injured in the incident. We have confirmation of a child's death in the incident," the official said, quoted by news agency PTI. 

The incident took place on Friday morning during school recess hour when some children were playing under this tree which suddenly fell down. 

Chandigarh | One student died, and 13 injured after a tree uprooted and fell on them at a school in Sector 9. The injured students are shifted to a hospital. Details awaited.

— ANI (@ANI) July 8, 2022

At the same time, as soon as the information of the accident was received, the parents also reached the school. The school re-opened on July 1 after the summer vacation. 

As per ABP News sources, the condition of three children is critical, who are being treated at GMSH Sector-16. At the same time, relief and rescue work is going on in the school. Along with the police, administrative officials have also reached the spot.

A magisterial probe has been ordered into the incident, they said as per PTI report. 

The Chandigarh administration on Friday ordered pruning of all old and hollow trees after  a tree fell on some school students in the city, sources told ABP News

Reacting to the incident, Chandigarh MP Kirron Kher tweeted, "A very heart-wrenching incident of a tree falling at Carmel Convent School Chandigarh. My condolences to the bereaved families and I pray for a speedy recovery of the injured".

(With inputs from wires)