India, Jan. 9 -- In a tragic mishap, a Class V student lost his lifeafter being crushed by a falling concrete slab during school hours in Baliapal block of Odisha's Balasore district on Thursday. The deceased has been identified as PrahladDhala, a student of Badas Upper Primary School in the block.

News Archive Access As per reports, students were playing on the school premises during the midday meal break when a concrete slab, installed as part of construction work for a new school building, suddenly broke and collapsed on Prahlad, leaving him critically injured.

School authorities and local residents immediately rushed the injured child to the Baliapal IDCO Community health Centre, where he was admitted in a critical condition. Due ...