Blueline bus claims seven lives in Delhi
The incident took place near Ali village on the Delhi-Agra Highway at around 1015 hours when the driver of the bus plying between Badarpur and Minto Road lost control and ran over the people crossing a road.
By PTI |
NEW DELHI: Bluelines continued to spill blood on the capital's roads with seven persons, including five women, being mowed down by an over speeding bus in South Delhi on Sunday, triggering protests by angry onlookers who indulged in stone pelting and tried to torch the vehicle.
The incident took place near Ali village on the Delhi-Agra Highway at around 1015 hours when the driver of the bus plying between Badarpur and Minto Road lost control and ran over the people crossing a road.
"Five women and a child died on the spot while another person succumbed to injuries at a hospital," Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Anil Shukla said.
Nine injured persons, including the driver of the bus who was beaten up by angry locals, have been admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences and Apollo Hospitals, where doctors said their conditions were stable.
Soon after the incident, a large number of locals gathered at the spot, blocked traffic, pelted stones at vehicles and tried to torch the bus forcing police to lob several rounds of tear gas shells and used batons to quell the mob.
Some people were injured in the violence, a senior police official said.
"The traffic on the highway has been resumed after some time. Though the situation is a little bit of tense, it is fully under control. We have deployed adequate number of security personnel at the spot," Shukla said.
The driver of the bus was arrested, police said. With today's accident the number of people who died in accident involving Blueline buses in recent past has reached to 93.
The incident took place near Ali village on the Delhi-Agra Highway at around 1015 hours when the driver of the bus plying between Badarpur and Minto Road lost control and ran over the people crossing a road.
"Five women and a child died on the spot while another person succumbed to injuries at a hospital," Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Anil Shukla said.
Nine injured persons, including the driver of the bus who was beaten up by angry locals, have been admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences and Apollo Hospitals, where doctors said their conditions were stable.
Soon after the incident, a large number of locals gathered at the spot, blocked traffic, pelted stones at vehicles and tried to torch the bus forcing police to lob several rounds of tear gas shells and used batons to quell the mob.
Some people were injured in the violence, a senior police official said.
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"The traffic on the highway has been resumed after some time. Though the situation is a little bit of tense, it is fully under control. We have deployed adequate number of security personnel at the spot," Shukla said.
The driver of the bus was arrested, police said. With today's accident the number of people who died in accident involving Blueline buses in recent past has reached to 93.
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