Sparsh Rawal, the 15-year-old student who was killed by the speeding low floor DTC bus at Azadpur Metro Station on Wednesday morning was an all-rounder and an aspiring badminton player, while the other deceased Devender Prasad , was the sole breadwinner of his family.
Sparsh, a student of Jaspal Kaur Public School in Shalimar Bagh, had gone to school to attend extra classes.
A resident of Mahendra Enclave, Sparsh leaves behind his parents, one elder brother and one elder sister.
Grieving outside the mortuary of the Babu Jagjivan Ram Hospital, relatives of the boy said, “Sparsh was going to his father’s shop in Azadpur area. His father runs an electrical goods shop. After his classes got over around 10.45 am, Sparsh called his father to inform him that he would drop by at the shop. However, hours passed by but Sparsh did not show up.”
His father came to know about Sparsh’s accident from the locals. By the time, the family reached the hospital, Sparsh was declared brought dead.
While one family mourned the death of the youngest child, the family of Prasad mourned the loss of its sole breadwinner.
One of Prasad’s relative’s said that he worked part time jobs to make ends meet. A native of Siwan in Bihar, Prasad had fixed his daughter’s marriage just 15 days ago.
“A few days ago he had called his wife and children to Delhi to start making preparations for the wedidng. Apart from that, Prasad had worked hard to get his son admitted in a BBA course in a college in Jaipur, Rajasthan,” he said.
Police said that they assume that the accident took place as the front tyre of the DTC bus had burst. “Apart from that, we are also looking at the angle that the driver was over-speeding,” said a senior police officer.