A 50-year-old man died after his scooter was hit by a low-floor bus in the BRTS corridor near Kalka intersection under Bairagarh police station area on Thursday.
The man was taken to hospital where he was declared dead. After the accident, people caught the accused bus driver and handed him over to the police. Earlier, people had thrashed the accused driver.
According to the police, Ramakant Sharma of Surendra Palace, Misrod, was going from Bhopal to Sehore in his scooter on Thursday afternoon. He had entered the BRTS corridor from near Kalka Square. At the same time, a speeding bus coming from Visarjan Ghat Road towards Bairagarh hit his scooter.
After getting trapped in the bus, Ramakant had dragged for some distance. By the time the bus driver applied the brakes, he was badly injured. He had serious head injuries.
Doctors said that Ramakant died due to excessive bleeding. Police have registered death.
TI Kamaljit Randhawa said that Ramakant was a professor in a private college. He was going to Chirayu Hospital at around 3.30 pm on Thursday.
A car was running in front of the bus when the car driver applied the brakes suddenly, the bus running behind him also had to stop. For this reason the professor collided with the bus.
Meanwhile an elderly person died after he was hit by an ambulance at BRTS near Surendra Landmark on Hoshangabad Road.
TI Rasbihari Sharma told that on Thursday afternoon, an elderly man was trying to cross the corridor during which he was hit by a speeding ambulance. The elderly was taken to the hospital in critical condition, where doctors declared him dead.