Amid rain, school bus slipped off the road in to reservoir area of Aaji 3 dam

Rajkot: A school bus in Rajkot today accidentally drove off the road and went in to the reservoir area of Aaji 3 dam during rain as the driver lost contol of the steering, however, over 20 children sitting in the bus fortunately had a miraculous escape.

The bus of Navyuga school situated at Hathikhana road in the city was carrying around 22 children, residents of outskirts area of Khajudi, Khodapri and some other villages.

While the driver of the bus was driving it on the narrow road made on the sub section of the dam, he lost control of the steering and drove the vehicle off the road through a slippery slope around 50 ft below in to the reservoir area of the dam.

Miraculously the bus did not turned turtle and stopped in a muddy area away from water.