# Bareilly school bus crashes into tree, injures 13 students 2026-08-15T15:01:14+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet A school bus carrying 31 children crashed into a roadside tree near Jatau Patti village in Bareilly’s Bhojipura area around 7 am on Friday. The school management said the steering failed while the bus was moving, prompting the driver to steer towards the tree and stop the vehicle. Thirteen students were injured and taken to Ram Murti Medical College. Nine received primary treatment and were discharged, while four remain under medical care. Circle officer Devesh Singh confirmed the injuries. The police are checking the driver’s age, licence, and the bus’s fitness certificate, permit and mechanical condition. School manager Iqbal Ahmed said the driver was 25-year-old Bhupendra and denied social media claims that an underage driver was at the wheel. The bus is about 10 years old, according to Ahmed. ## Coverage - hindustantimes.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Bareilly, Bhojipura, Ram Murti Medical College Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/bareilly-school-bus-crashes-into-tree-injures-13-students/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/bareilly-school-bus-crashes-into-tree-injures-13-students/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/