Delhi: Bus rams into over a dozen vehicles, one killed
New Delhi, Nov 4: A Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) low-floor electric bus rammed into more than a dozen vehicles in Rohini South here on Saturday, killing a man, police said.
No passenger was in the bus when the accident occurred around 2.45 pm near Vishram Chowk in Awantika. The bus hit a car, then an e-rickshaw and two-wheelers parked on the side of a road, they said.
Police said the bus driver, Sandeep Kumar, was held from the spot. He told the police that he suffered from a seizure due to epilepsy, a brain disease.
Police have accessed multiple CCTV footage of the crash, where the bus could be seen hitting vehicles one by one. A few of the parked two-wheelers were damaged completely under the bus.
A man died on the spot while another was injured, police said, adding that it seems the bus driver lost control of the vehicle.
The deceased was yet to be identified, however the injured, Ram Sharma, a resident of Rohini Sector 3, was admitted to hospital.
Sharma suffered a head injury.
After dropping off passengers in Rohini, Kumar was on the way towards the depot when the accident took place, police said.
"He told us that he suffered from epilepsy. We have conducted his medical examination," a police officer said.
Meanwhile, the Transport Department of the Delhi government in a statement termed the incident "unfortunate". The Delhi government is resolutely standing with the grieving family, it said.
"The driver suddenly became unconscious and lost his control over the bus and hit the left side parked vehicles on the road. The PCR was called by the conductor and helped the police to take the injured to the hospital for medical treatment," the statement read.
A senior officer reached the spot and also visited Dr B R Ambedkar Hospital to enquire about the injured, it said.
"As far as malfunction of machines is concerned, the Delhi government has its set of standard procedures to ensure safe and hassle-free travel in the city," the Transport Department said.
The police believed this is the first such fatal crash by the electric low-floor DTC bus, since its induction in the fleet of public transport.
The statement of the bus driver has been recorded to corroborate the sequence of events, police said.
They said help of the local intelligence has been taken to identify the deceased.
At the time of the accident, the victim, suspected to be a rag-picker, was crossing the road, police said.
A case has been registered at Rohini South police station and further investigations were on, they added.
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
