Class IX boy falls off school building

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Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsA class IX student suffered serious injuries after he slipped and fell while trying to jump between two buildings on the school campus on Tuesday.The victim, R Prasanth, was a student of the CSI Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Race Course.The incident happened during the interval, when Prasanth was playing football with his friends, police said. Prasanth climbed to the first floor of a building on campus to retrieve the ball from the terrace. “The boy reached the terrace by climbing a nearby tree. After taking the ball, he tried to jump from there to an adjacent block, assuming that he could easily cover the narrow distance. Unfortunately, he slipped and fell onto the asbestos roofing of a room beneath,” said Inbaraj, a teacher. From the roof, the boy rolled over and fell on a staircase, suffering a blow to his head in the process.Hearing a thud, teachers in the vicinity rushed to the spot and took the boy to a nearby private hospital, where he was admitted in the Intensive Care Unit. Prasanth remained in the ICU on Wednesday too and his condition was said to be serious. “It was just a 10 minute post-lunch interval after 2 pm.The teachers were not aware the student climbed the terrace. We found out what exactly happened only from the other students,” Inbaraj said. Race Course police registered a case.first published:August 30, 2012, 11:13 ISTlast updated:August 30, 2012, 11:13 IST
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A class IX student suffered serious injuries after he slipped and fell while trying to jump between two buildings on the school campus on Tuesday.

The victim, R Prasanth, was a student of the CSI Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Race Course.

The incident happened during the interval, when Prasanth was playing football with his friends, police said. Prasanth climbed to the first floor of a building on campus to retrieve the ball from the terrace. “The boy reached the terrace by climbing a nearby tree. After taking the ball, he tried to jump from there to an adjacent block, assuming that he could easily cover the narrow distance. Unfortunately, he slipped and fell onto the asbestos roofing of a room beneath,” said Inbaraj, a teacher. From the roof, the boy rolled over and fell on a staircase, suffering a blow to his head in the process.

Hearing a thud, teachers in the vicinity rushed to the spot and took the boy to a nearby private hospital, where he was admitted in the Intensive Care Unit. Prasanth remained in the ICU on Wednesday too and his condition was said to be serious. “It was just a 10 minute post-lunch interval after 2 pm.

The teachers were not aware the student climbed the terrace. We found out what exactly happened only from the other students,” Inbaraj said. Race Course police registered a case.