A 25-year-old man died while three others sustained injuries when a DTC bus rammed into a flower shop in West Delhi’s Punjabi Bagh area on Sunday morning. The deceased has been identified as Raja.
The incident took place at around 9.50AM when the DTC bus driver lost control of his vehicle, said a senior police officer. Police said that they have arrested the DTC bus river, Sandeep Kumar (40).
Four persons sitting at a flower shop located on the footpath on West Avenue road in Central Market were hurt while one of them succumbed during treatment at the hospital, said the officer.
The accused driver and been arrested for causing death due to negligence.
“Sandeep Kumar (40) rammed the DTC bus in the flower shop on the footpath at West Avenue Road in Central Market. The bus route number 567 (Nangloi to lajpat Nagar) was allegedly being driven at high speed, “ said Vijay Kumar, Deputy Commissioner of Police (West).
The driver told police that a vehicle moving ahead of the bus took a sudden u-turn and in order to avoid hitting into that vehicle, he suddenly applied brakes, he said. The driver lost control of the bus and ended up ramming into the flower shop where the four persons were sitting, said the officer. It is suspected that the DTC bus driver was overspeeding and that is why could not apply the brakes in time and lost control, said police. The driver was not driving under the influence of alcohol.
Police said that Raja (25) died during treatment at the hospital while the three others, Mithun (33), Rakesh Kumar (26) and Shankar (30) are undergoing treatment and their condition is stated to be out of danger.
When police reached the spot, there were no passengers present there. However, the conductor told police that there were around 25 passengers in the DTC bus at the time of the accident.