A 35-year-old man died after he was mowed down by the same tractor he was travelling in after it was hit by a low floor city bus near Karond square in the morning on Wednesday; Nishatpura police have registered case and started investigation.
Soon after the accident bus was vandalized by angry locals while the errant driver escaped the spot leaving the bus.
At around 9 am tractor–trolley carrying debris on its way to Sindhi Colony was hit by a low floor city bus bearing registration number MP04PA1425 and due to the impact of the collision one person sitting beside driver fell on the road and before he could save himself he was mowed down by tractor-trolley. He was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead.
The deceased was identified as Ram Singh of Misrod who used to work as labour and was on his way unload debris at Sindhi Colony.
After the incident chaos created at the spot as the locals got infuriated spotting the driver leaving the bus and started to vandalise the bus while the frightened passengers managed to escape to save their lives.
The body was sent for the post mortem after the preliminary investigation. A case under section 304 A of the IPC was registered by the police and started further investigation. Police have nabbed the driver later in the investigation.
Meanwhile, a 60-year-old man died during treatment on Tuesday who was hit by a speeding motorbike near RGPV College near Gandhi Nagar on October 20.
The deceased was identified as Laxman Singh Bheel of Gondipura. The motorbike was recovered while rider was also nabbed and would be arrested as he was injured and is undergoing treatment.