The UT Administration has suspended CTU bus driver Balbir Singh, who had hit a woman Sharmila Gupta on Tuesday causing her death.
The victim, Sharmila, a resident of Nayagaon, was riding a Honda Activa scooter when a CTU bus hit her on the slip road near the Home Science College in the afternoon.
After the accident, the Police had arrested the driver, Balbir Singh, a resident of Sector 35, in a case of causing death due to negligence under Section 304-A of the IPC. The case was registered at the Sector 3 Police Station. The driver was later bailed out.
35-year-old Sharmila Gupta worked at Red Cross as a volunteer for a long time and was the only working person in her family.
last year also, several fatal accidents were caused by CTU buses in the city. Three accidents were reported and all the three took place on 17th of a month. A school girl Anupama was hit by CTU bus on July 17, a school kid Pooja was hit by CTU bus on August 17 and later, a cyclist Ram Bahadur was hit by CTU bus causing his death.
Even as the CTU drivers were given a training session for driving last year, the cases of fatal accidents due to the CTU buses is still prevalent. The training programme was initiated by the CTU last year following the involvement of CTU bus drivers in accidents.