Bhubaneswar: Many schoolchildren were miraculously saved even as a bus, which was carrying them, met an accident as a part of a bridge subsided all of a sudden on the G Udayagiri-Betikola road in Kandhamal district district this morning.

However, four students received injuries in the incident.

According to reports, a private school bus carrying school students was on its way from G Udayagiri to Betikola when a mid portion of a bridge subsided. Luckily, the bus’s rear got stuck in the hole and students managed to get down safely. Driver and bus employees were also saved.