In a tragic accident, a high speed bus rammed into the boundary wall of a group housing society in Noida on Tuesday, killing a fast food seller, who had set up a momo stall near the residential complex.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Noida) Vidya Sagar Mishra said, “One person had died during treatment at the hospital while another is injured but under treatment at the district hospital. According to preliminary information, the bus is registered with a private tour and travels company and was ferrying some passengers.
The deceased has been identified as Nepali-origin Deepak (30), while his younger brother Sushil (18) has been injured in the accident.
Injured Sushil in critical condition
According to the police, Sushil has been hospitalised and is in critical condition. Meanwhile, eye-witnesses claimed that one more person who worked at the momo stall suffered injuries in the episode.
The bus ploughed about five metres into society after crashing its boundary wall and was barely 10-15 metres away from one of the low-rise towers in the society. Police and eye witnesses said that around 20-25 passengers were on board the bus when the accident happened at around 6.54 pm on a road next to Shri Ram Apartments in Sector 118, under the Sector 113 Police station limits.
"The driver apparently could not negotiate a turn on the road and instead ploughed the bus into the boundary wall of the society. How all this happened is part of investigation and will be clear once the driver is arrested," Mishra said.
Bus driver was likely drunk
According to information, the bus driver was drunk and so failed to control the bus. Instead of turning left, the bus hit the wall of Shriram Apartment in Sector 118 and crushed the pedestrians.
Bhagat Singh, who owned the fast food stall where Deepak worked, told reporters that he was at the spot when the incident took place. "The bus was moving in high speed. I caught the bus driver but I was alone and had no support from anyone else so he ran away. He was drunk (on alcohol) when I caught him," Singh, who lives in Shriram Apartments, claimed.
"I had set up this momo stall four months ago. Deepak and Sushil lived in nearby Sorkha village. Pawan also got injured in the accident. All three of them hailed from Nepal," Singh added.
(With PTI Inputs)
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