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RAIPUR: In a stunning act of selflessness , a driver flung himself under the wheels of a school van to act as a human speedbreaker and saved 25 children on Tuesday. The driver, 30-year-old Shiv Yadav, is injured and is in hospital. None of the kids suffered any serious injuries. Yadav was ferrying 25 children home in Kunkuri ’s Narayanpur region when he stopped to take a break.

The van was on a slope and the vehicle was just on first gear. It was when one of the kids put the gear in neutral that the van stared rolling backwards. “I sprinted a few meters downhill and threw myself under the wheels hoping that my body would act like a speedbreaker. It worked,” he said.

