Ghaziabad: A 3-year-old woman and a 32-year-old girl have been killed when an electric-bus, operated by Uttar Pradesh roadways, mowed down six individuals close to Masuri underpass on Nationwide Freeway – 9 on Wednesday afternoon. The officers stated that the 2 died on the spot, whereas 4 others have been rushed to a hospital in Pilkhuwa.
Police stated the motive force of the bus fled quickly after the incident. (Representational picture)
The police recognized the deceased as Afiya, 3, a resident of Dhaulana, and Reshma, 36, a resident of Zafar Colony, Nasuri. The injured have been recognized as Ayesha, 13, Mahinoor, 4, Mohammad Arif, 38, and Mustaqeem, 35.
“The two deceased died on the spot, while four injured were rushed to a hospital in Pilkhuwa. Their condition is stable. The electric bus is operated by UP roadways. It was stationary near the Masuri underpass area. Suddenly, the bus started to move and crushed six people besides several bikes on the highway,” stated Siddharth Gautam, assistant commissioner of police (ACP), Masuri/Muradnagar circle.
Police stated that Sunil Kumar, the motive force of the bus, fled quickly after the incident.
“We will soon take help from roadways officials to trace the driver. There were no passengers on the bus when it suddenly started moving. It was headed to Dhaulana. We are trying to find if it was some fault on the part of the driver or there was some technical snag which led the stationary bus to move. We will register an FIR (first information report) as soon as we get complaints from victim families,” the ACP added.
The officers stated that there have been no CCTV cameras close to the incident website, whereas they’re taking assist of roadways to get footage of CCTVs put in contained in the bus.
HT tried to contact Kesri Nandan Chaudhary, the regional supervisor of UP state street transport company. Nonetheless, his cell phone was switched off.
Low-floor AC electrical buses are operated as a part of the town bus venture in Ghaziabad, and the town has 50 such buses working on six completely different routes.