Dehradun police have arrested a city bus driver who allegedly hit nine vehicles in a row on EC Road in an inebriated state, injuring one woman on Monday. The injured was admitted in the Doon Hospital. The driver has been identified as Baldev Sharma.
The city bus was seized by the police. Police sources said that the city bus driver had first knocked a vehicle on Subhash Road at noon. No casualty was reported. The drunk driver was beaten by local residents. However, he escaped and started driving recklessly, resulting in nine vehicles being rammed against from behind on EC Road.
A case under appropriate sections of IPC was registered against the errant driver in Dalanwala police station, said Araghar police post in-charge Mahipal Singh Rawat.