Police personnel and passerbys performed a tense rescue of school children stuck in a bus stranded in rising water under a railway underpass in Uttar Pradesh, India on September 6.

The incident occurred at Ram Nagaria village in Rampur district of Uttar Pradesh, India.

According to reports, water had accumulated under a badly designed railway underpass due to heavy overnight rain. The bus got struck in the deep water after the driver ventured into it without realising how deep it was. Water levels then began to rise, reaching the windows of the bus which was surrounded by concrete walls of the railway underpass.

The Uttar Pradesh police responded to a distress call and rushed a team to rescue the children. Passerbys on the scene also assisted in the rescue, wading through the water and hauling the children out through the window to safety.

This is the terrifying moment school children are rescued from a bus stranded in rising water under a railway underpass.

In a tense rescue, police personnel and local men manage to pull out all children from windows one by one.

The incident occurred at Ram Nagaria village in Rampur district of Uttar Pradesh, India, on September 6.

Water had accumulated under a badly designed railway underpass due to heavy overnight rain.

A school bus, which was carrying children, got struck in the deep water after the driver ventured into it without realising how deep the water was.

Terrifyingly, the water level continued to rise and reached the windows of the bus, which was surrounded by concrete walls of the railway underpass.

The Uttar Pradesh police responded to a distress call and rushed a team to rescue the children.

A few men waded through the water to reach the bus and got hold of the children. They hauled the children out and handed them to other rescuers standing on the roof of the bus, who pulled them up.

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