<p>The educational tour of government high school students from Genikehal in Ballari district turned into a tragedy after the bus in which they were travelling in fell into a drain killing one student and injuring six, at Shanthigeri near Suntikoppa in Kodagu district, in the wee hours of Saturday. </p>.<p class="bodytext">According to the police, the deceased is N U Basavaraj (16), a tenth standard student. The injured are assistant cook Siddhu, driver Johnson, students K Raja, H Veeresh, M Manjunath and Mohammed Fayaz. The condition of Siddhu and Johnson is said to be critical and they have been shifted to a hospital in Mangaluru for further treatment. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Seven-month-old baby Dhanushree accompanying her teacher parents Umesh-Sumalatha has miraculously escaped unhurt. There were 48 persons including teachers and students on board the ill-fated bus. </p>.<p class="bodytext">The tragedy occurred when they were travelling to Madikeri after visiting the KRS dam. It is said that the driver was drowsy and lost control of the vehicle before hitting a drain.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The students had left for their educational tour on December 25 and had visited Hassan, Mandya and Mysuru before heading to Madikeri. </p>.<p class="bodytext">The students alleged that the driver had consumed alcohol while driving.</p>.<p class="bodytext">SP Suman D Pennekar, Suntikoppa PSI Jayaram and DySP Muralidhar visited the spot. A case has been registered at Suntikoppa police station. </p>.<p class="bodytext">After the accident, all the students were provided shelter at Manjunathaiah Meenakshamma Kalyana Mantapa at Suntikoppa. The students were inconsolable after having learnt their friend is no more. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Deputy Commissioner P I Sreevidya, MLC Sunil Subramani and others visited Madikeri district hospital.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Later, the students and teachers were sent back to Ballari in a KSRTC bus. The district administration made arrangements to send the body of Basavaraj to his native after the post-mortem. </p>
<p>The educational tour of government high school students from Genikehal in Ballari district turned into a tragedy after the bus in which they were travelling in fell into a drain killing one student and injuring six, at Shanthigeri near Suntikoppa in Kodagu district, in the wee hours of Saturday. </p>.<p class="bodytext">According to the police, the deceased is N U Basavaraj (16), a tenth standard student. The injured are assistant cook Siddhu, driver Johnson, students K Raja, H Veeresh, M Manjunath and Mohammed Fayaz. The condition of Siddhu and Johnson is said to be critical and they have been shifted to a hospital in Mangaluru for further treatment. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Seven-month-old baby Dhanushree accompanying her teacher parents Umesh-Sumalatha has miraculously escaped unhurt. There were 48 persons including teachers and students on board the ill-fated bus. </p>.<p class="bodytext">The tragedy occurred when they were travelling to Madikeri after visiting the KRS dam. It is said that the driver was drowsy and lost control of the vehicle before hitting a drain.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The students had left for their educational tour on December 25 and had visited Hassan, Mandya and Mysuru before heading to Madikeri. </p>.<p class="bodytext">The students alleged that the driver had consumed alcohol while driving.</p>.<p class="bodytext">SP Suman D Pennekar, Suntikoppa PSI Jayaram and DySP Muralidhar visited the spot. A case has been registered at Suntikoppa police station. </p>.<p class="bodytext">After the accident, all the students were provided shelter at Manjunathaiah Meenakshamma Kalyana Mantapa at Suntikoppa. The students were inconsolable after having learnt their friend is no more. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Deputy Commissioner P I Sreevidya, MLC Sunil Subramani and others visited Madikeri district hospital.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Later, the students and teachers were sent back to Ballari in a KSRTC bus. The district administration made arrangements to send the body of Basavaraj to his native after the post-mortem. </p>