A 33-year-old woman died after she was mowed down by a speeding bus near Taj-ul-Masajid in the morning on Friday; Shahjehanabad police have started an investigation.
The accident was very unfortunate as the bike was not hit by the bus but chaos created after a food stall caught fire made people run for escape ramming the bike and a woman came under the wheels of the bus.
The deceased, identified as Durga Gakhare, was on her way to home in Kamla Nagar with her husband and two children after missing a train at Bhopal railway station. Family wanted to visit Shajapur to meet her sister-in-law in Shajapur but met with an accident after they missed the train.
A fire broke out in a tea stall on the side of the road and people gathered near the cart ran towards the road and one of them collided with the bike in which Durga fell on the road. Mahesh and his children were in deep shock as Durga died on the spot.
Mahesh was returning with wife Durga, his son Lakshya (9) and daughter Tamiya (6). Durga jumped and fell on the road, which was hit by the rear wheel of a speeding bus bearing registration number MP39P0569 coming towards Royal Market.
Mahesh's sister lives in Shajapur and failed to visit him on Rakshabandhan and due to which they were going to Shajapur to tie Rakhi with his family.
The tea stall which caught fire is run by a 16-year-old youth who also sustained burn injuries and was discharged from the hospital after initial treatment. After the woman was hit, the driver took the bus to the police station and reported the incident.