NEW DELHI: Two people, including a Delhi Police constable, were killed after a speeding DTC bus hit them in north Delhi on Monday night, a police officer said on Tuesday.
The deceased cop was identified as Victor, who was currently posted at the Civil Lines police station. The 27-year-old policeman hailed from Nagaland. Another man, identified as Satyapriya (23), a resident of Jalaun in Uttar Pradesh, were injured in the incident, he added.
Police said Satyapriya was studying engineering in Kanpur. He had come to Delhi from Gurugram for shopping. Satyapriya was also declared dead on arrival at the hospital.
Sharing details, the officer said that multiple PCR calls were received around 10.30 pm on Monday regarding the DTC bus accident near Monastery Market, Ring Road.
“An uncontrolled DTC Bus had run on pavement, hit a billboard pole, broke it off from the base, hit a person and a police constable and then crossed the road and hit the divider and climbed on it,” the officer said.
Both the injured were rushed to a nearby hospital where the medics declared them brought dead. Apart from the policeman, the other person’s identity was yet to be revealed.
The deceased constable, who was on patrolling duty on a PCR motorcycle, had injuries on face, head and neck.
“The bus was in a breakdown state and there was no passenger in the bus except the driver,” the officer said.
The bus driver, Vinod Kumar (57), a resident of Ghazipur, has been taken into custody. He did not sustain any injuries in the accident. He was employed with the DTC as a driver since 2010, police said
Accordingly, a case under relevant sections of the BNS was registered.
‘Could have been killed if I hadn’t run’
Sunil Kumar was sipping tea near the Monastery Market when he saw an out-of-control bus darting at him at very high speed. He dropped the cup and dashed towards the market as the bus whooshed past him, collided with a billboard and climbed onto a road divider before coming to a halt.
Just moments ago, Kumar was standing near the billboard pole. Now, it lay on the road after the bus crash.
Kumar told PTI that he was traumatised by the incident and it kept him up all night. ‘I couldn’t sleep. The scene kept replaying in my mind. If I hadn’t run, I might have been killed like others.” Another survivor, Binod Singh, said he was waiting for his friend near his shop when he saw the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) bus approaching at high speed.
He too ran towards the market, saved just in the nick of time. “My heart was racing. It felt like I had narrowly escaped death.” When he returned to the scene, Singh said he saw two people lying there, covered in blood.
(With PTI inputs)