About 40 School Children and six others were injured when an overloaded minibus of Haryana Roadways overturned near Naulata village of Pinjore in Panchkula district on Monday morning.  The students were going to the Government school in Dhatogra. Local police were informed and the injured were rushed to the civil hospital in Panchkula Sector 6. Panchkula Deputy Commissioner Yash Garg said that all the children are stable.  According to local police, the Haryana Roadways bus was speeding and overloaded, leading to the driver losing control of the vehicle. The actual reason of this accident is yet to be known as the investigation is on. Police Inspector Somvir Dhaka, said, This bus which was mostly carrying students from Dakrog village to their school when the driver lost control due to the sudden inclined turn. This was when the minibus overturned. He further said, We have found out the driver was not under the influence of liquor. It was just that he lost control because of overloading in the mini-bus.  Talking to reporters at the Civil Hospital Sector-6, Panchkula DC Yash Garg said, The minibus overturned near a turn. The reasons behind the accident are under investigation. All children are stable; no one has a threatening or critical injury. He further said that some of the injured are admitted to a hospital in Pinjore. Out of the 46 injured, 22 including three adults and 19 children were taken to the Panchkula civil hospital. The woman who has been referred to the PGIMER was walking beside the road when the accident occurred. Four adults were also brought to the civil hospital in Panchkula and one of them is a 60-year-old woman, who suffered crush injury on her arm. She has been referred to the PGI, Chandigarh, Garg added. Mukta Kumar, Chief Medical Officer of the hospital, confirmed that 46 people were injured in the accident.   Haryana Assembly Speaker Gian Chand Gupta, who is the MLA of Panchkula, reached Civil Hospital Sector 6 to inquire about the well-being of the injured children. Talking to reporters, Gupta said the bus driver and the conductor were suspended. The bus was overloaded and we have been told that the vehicles speed was slightly in excess. As it approached a turn, it overturned. So the driver and the conductor of the bus have been suspended, he said at the hospital.  Kalka MLA Pradeep Chaudhary also reached Civil Hospital Sector 6 to inquire about the well-being of the injured children.   According to a government spokesperson, an order issued by the general manager of Haryana Roadways stated that the two were suspended with immediate effect. The authorities have launched an investigation into the accident, and the exact cause of the incident is yet to be determined. However, the overloading of the bus and the bad condition of the road are among the factors that could have led to the accident, according to police, he added.

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