Low-floor bus injures two after break fails
| Date :14-Jun-2019 |
Staff Reporter:
In yet another freak road accident in State capital, a low-floor bus of Bhopal city link limited (BCLL) went out of control after its break failed and hit the boundary wall of Shahjahanabad police station on Thursday. The TR-4 bus was plying between Mandideep to Gandhi Nagar. A 45-year-old man sustained injuries in the hit while a minor girl and another person escaped with bruises. At the time, over a dozen passengers were onboard in the low-floor bus but fortunately none of them were hurt.
According to BCLL officials, the bus MP 04 PA -1019 was ferrying passengers from Mandideep and was heading towards Gandhi Nagar, when the driver lost control on it and hit the boundary wall of Shahjahanabad police station before ramming into an auto-rickshaw. It was at around 4:30 pm when the bus hit an auto and the driver Ahmad Ali, who was inside sustained injuries while passengers escaped unhurt, the bus then rammed into the boundary wall of the police station.
The driver of the bus Santosh Razak fled the area leaving the bus on the spot. He was later booked for the incident by Shahjahanbabad police and the bus has been seized by the police. SHO of Shahjehanabad Zaheer Khan said that the bus has been seized and hunt is on to nab the driver who is on the run. SHO Khan said only two persons have sustained injury in the hit while the passengers onboard remained unhurt and went on their own in another bus.