Two persons, including a 15-year-old boy were mowed down, while six people sustained grievous injuries after a low floor DTC bus rammed into two e-rickshaws and one autorickshaw outside the Azadpur Metro Station on Wednesday morning. Hours after the horrific accident, the DTC bus driver, who was absconding after the mishap, was arrested by the Delhi Police.
Sparsh Rawal (15), a Class Xth student of Jaspal Kaur Public School and Devender Prasad (45) were declared brought dead while Tarun Kumar (36), Akarsh Singh (35) and Shahrukh (21) among a few others sustained critical injuries, said a senior police officer.
The incident took place at around 11.45 am when the speeding DTC bus, rammed into an e-rickshaw parked in the premises of the Azadpur Metro Station.
The DTC bus 901 was plying on the Kamla Market-Mangolpuri route.
Eyewitnesses informed the police that the bus which was speeding, hit one parked e-rickshaw and then went and rammed into the second e-rickshaw, which was coming from the wrong side. “The two e-rickshaws came under the rear wheels of the killer bus. However, the bus driver did not stop and further rammed into an autorickshaw,” said an eyewitness.
“The speed of the DTC bus was so much that it dragged all the three vehicles for more than 50 metres before coming to a stop. At least 40 to 50 passengers were present inside the bus at that time. Once the bus came to a halt, the driver took advantage of the chaos which prevailed at the accident spot and fled, leaving behind the bus,” said another eyewitness.
The PCR was called, after which teams from the local police and the CATS ambulance reached the spot and rescued the injured people.
“The residents and shopkeepers of the area also helped in taking out the injured people trapped in the remains of the decimated vehicles,” said a senior police officer.
All the injured were rushed to different hospitals. However, Devender and Sparsh were declared brought dead and their families were informed of their demise in the mishap. The autopsy of the deceased was conducted at Babu Jagjivan Ram Hospital.
locals of the area vented their anger by pelting stones at the abandoned bus.
late in the evening, the bus driver, 55-year-old Ranbir Singh was arrested.
Police said that they have registered a case under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at the Model Town Police Station.