MH-SCHOOL-WALL COLLAPSE

A 13-year-old student

died on the spot, while four others were injured when a wall

of their school building collapsed near here Friday afternoon,

police said.

The school is located at village Ashti in Bhatkuli

tehsil of this district in eastern Maharashtra, they said.

The deceased was identified as Vaibhav Gawande, a

Class 8 student of Manibai Chhaganlal Desai Vidyalaya, the

police said, adding the injured pupils were rushed to the

district general hospital here for treatment.

According to the police, the school building is in a

dilapidated condition and one of its walls suddenly caved in

at around 1 pm.

Five students were trapped under the debris of which

one died on the spot, they said.