Delhi bus accident: A Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) low-floor electric bus rammed into more than a dozen vehicles in Delhi's Rohini South on Saturday (November 4), killing a man, police said. No passenger was in the bus when the accident occurred at around 2.45 pm near Vishram Chowk in Awantika. The bus hit a car, then an e-rickshaw and two-wheelers parked on the side of a road, they said.
Police said the bus driver, Sandeep Kumar, was held from the spot. He told the police that he suffered from a seizure due to epilepsy, a brain disease. Police have accessed multiple CCTV footage of the crash, where the bus could be seen hitting vehicles one by one. A few of the parked two-wheelers were damaged completely under the bus.
Man died on spot:
A man died on the spot while another was injured, police said, adding that it seems the bus driver lost control of the vehicle. The deceased was yet to be identified, however the injured, Ram Sharma, a resident of Rohini Sector 3, was admitted to hospital. Sharma suffered a head injury. After dropping off passengers in Rohini, Kumar was on the way towards the depot when the accident took place, police said.
"He told us that he suffered from epilepsy. We have conducted his medical examination," a police officer said.
Meanwhile, the Transport Department of the Delhi government in a statement termed the incident unfortunate. The Delhi government is resolutely standing with the grieving family, it said.
"The driver suddenly became unconscious and lost his control over the bus and hit the left side parked vehicles on the road. The PCR was called by the conductor and helped the police to take the injured to the hospital for medical treatment," the statement read.
A senior officer reached the spot and also visited Dr BR Ambedkar Hospital to enquire about the injured, it said.
"As far as malfunction of machines is concerned, the Delhi government has its set of standard procedures to ensure safe and hassle-free travel in the city," the Transport Department said.
The police believed this is the first such fatal crash by the electric low-floor DTC bus, since its induction in the fleet of public transport. The statement of the bus driver has been recorded to corroborate the sequence of events, police said. They said the help of the local intelligence has been taken to identify the deceased.
At the time of the accident, the victim, suspected to be a rag-picker, was crossing the road, police said. A case has been registered at Rohini South police station and further investigations were on, they added.
(With agencies inputs)
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