60 students watching film shoot injured in wall collapse

Around 60 school students suffered minor injuries in a freak mishap when a compound wall collapsed while they were watching a Malayalam film shooting at Payyoli here today, police said.

The children, aged under 15, of a nearby school came to the location during lunch break and were sitting atop the compound wall and watching the shoot of the film starring Biju Menon when the mishap occurred, they said.

Three of the children with 'simple injuries' were hospitalised here, while the others were sent home after treatment at a primary health centre.