India, July 8 -- Two nursery students fell out of a moving school van on the Kalyan-Badlapur road in Ambernath on Monday afternoon. Police said the lock on the van's back door was not secure and it was also crowded. The van driver and two caretakers inside the bus allegedly did not notice the children fall and drove off.

The van belonged to a private English-medium school in Ambernath West. According to the police, the van was also carrying more children than it could safely accommodate. The accident occurred at 1.30 pm. A rickshaw driver on his way to refill gas was driving behind the van at the time. As soon as the children fell, he stopped his vehicle. He picked up the children, who were crying by then. Sharad Patil, a shopkeeper and ...