A 20-year-old youth rammed into a school gate on Monday morning while performing stunts on his bike and seriously injured nine children.The incident happened in Kalyan-Karjat road, close to the Messiah English School at 7 am, when students were waiting for the school gates to open. The accused, identified as Armaan Khan, was performing stunts on his bike while riding it at a very high speed. Khan’s friend was also racing with him on the other side of the road and both overtook a truck before the former lost control of his bike and skid.“It was 7 am and the students were waiting for the school gates to open so that they could enter, when we heard a loud crash and students started screaming. We rushed to the spot to find several students hit by a bike and the biker was thrown towards the gate after being dragged by his vehicle when he lost control,” said Aslam Shaikh, a passerby.“Students were screaming for help as several of them had been injured severely and the biker had also suffered bad injuries. All the injured were rushed to the Ashirwad Hospital where doctors started treating them,” he added. The students who have been admitted to the hospital have been identified as Dhruvi Kumbhar, 11, Pooja Singh, 12, Sakshi Singh, 12, Suraj Tiwari, 12 and Sameer Shaikh, 14. All of them have suffered fractures, bruises and abrasions.Kumbhar, Singh and Tiwari have suffered multiple fractures and will have to undergo surgeries. They have been admitted in the Intensive Care Unit.“We have recorded statements of the children and some of the witnesses, but are yet to record the statement of the accused. Khan’s relatives have claimed that he is a minor but we have come to know that he is an adult and have booked him for rash and negligent driving, and negligence causing hurt. He has suffered severe injuries and one of his eyes has been hit by something when he fell off his bike,” a senior police officer from the Ambernath police station said. Parents of the injured students met police officers and demanded stringent action be taken against Khan.“Performing stunts on bikes has become a problem and we often hear about accidents because of this. Stringent action has to be taken by the law enforcement agencies so that this is stopped and bikers ride responsibly,” said Satyajeet Burman, a local activist and member of the Ambernath Citizens Forum.