A 65-year-old man died and three persons were injured in an accident, after they were hit by a rashly driven bus of Chandigarh Transport Undertaking (CTU) at Sector-42, on Friday. The bus driver has been arrested, police said.
The deceased has been identified as Raghuveer Singh, a resident of district Nangal. He had hired a cycle rickshaw to go to sector-41. The injured were identified as Pramod Kumar (rickshaw puller), Ankita Devi and Shatrughan. Police said the incident took place at around 12.35 am when the CTU bus was going from the internal road of Sector-43 towards sector-41 when the bus hit to a cycle rickshaw and two other persons near Girls college of Sector-42.
“The bus driver was driving very rashly and suddenly hit the cycle rickshaw from behind. Following the collision, the rickshaw puller and a passenger got injured. After the accident, the bus driver lost control and hit two other persons, who were waiting for a bus on the roadside,” said Abhishek Kumar, an eyewitness. The bus driver ran away from the spot, after hitting the victims. The injured were rushed to the PGIMER in an auto rickshaw, where Raghuveer Singh, was declared brought dead. Meanwhile the condition of Pramod Kumar, Ankita and Shatrughan is stable.
The eyewitness claimed that the PCR vehicle reached after 15 minutes of the incident. “May be the doctors could have save the deceased person if the police had reached immediately. The response of Police helpline number (100) was also very disappointing, as the operators picked up my call almost after five minutes after several attempts,” added Abhishek. A case has been registered at police station of Sector-36 and the bus driver, Bhupinder Singh, arrested. Further investigations are under progress, said Inspector Ram Dayal, SHO, Police Station, Sector-36.