Jharkhand, August 24: Five people, including four children, were killed and three injured when the boundary wall of a school collapsed following incessant rain in Jharkhand on Tuesday, police said.
“A 20 foot high wall of Guru Govind Singh Public School situated at Bank roundabout in Dhanbad collapsed. Five people four children and a woman died and three were injured,” a police official told reporter.
The injured children have been admitted in a hospital in Dhanbad, some 240 km from here. The condition of two injured was serious, police said.
According to a police official, more children could be under the debris which were still being removed.
—Agencies