An 18-year-old boy was killed and two other youths were injured when their scooter was hit by a speeding bus at Bhanpur under Chola Mandir police station area on Sunday.
According to the police three youths were on their way to a farm house at Vidisha when a bus bearing registration number (0140) hit their scooter. The victims were rushed to Hamidia hospital where Rafe Uddin (18) was declared brought dead on arrival.
The other two victims Sufiyan and Fiza ur Rehman sustained injuries but their condition was reportedly stable claimed the doctors. The victims were rushed to a nearby hospital where Rafe Uddin was declared dead while Sufiyan and Fizar Rehman were admitted and are under going treatment at the hospital.
The incident occurred at around 1 pm when a Bhopal bound bus hit victim’s scooter. The police have started the investigation and have confirmed that the three were on a scooter and the deceased was in the between the third passenger and the one driving the motorbike but were not able to confirm who was driving the scooter. The bus belongs to Shakti transport service and has been seized by the police after the incident but the driver escaped the spot.
Deceased was a student of Bonnie fie School and was a resident of Budhwara area of the old city. The police have registered a case under section 174 of the IPC and have started searching for the accused driver.