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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Shimla (PTI): The management of the Atal Institute of Medical Super Specialities (AIMSS) here on Tuesday issued show-cause notices to the sanitation supervisor and sanitation workers after a dog was seen carrying an amputated human leg in its mouth near the hospital, officials said.
A video of the incident, which took place on Tuesday and triggered panic among people, is doing the rounds on social media. When the hospital security staff tried to take away the limb from the dog, it got aggressive and fled, leaving behind the amputated leg.
Taking cognisance of the incident, the hospital authorities ordered the constitution of a fact-finding committee comprising Nursing Superintendent Leelawati, Nodal Officer (Biomedical Waste) Rajesh Verma, and Matron Leela Bodh, the officials said.
The committee was tasked with investigating the matter, fixing responsibility and identifying lapses to prevent recurrence of such incidents. It was asked to submit its report by 5 pm on Tuesday.
According to the committee's report, a patient's leg was amputated above the knee on February 19 under the Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery (CTVS) Department.
"The amputated limb was properly packed in a biomedical waste bag and stored in the Biomedical Waste (BMW) complex at AIMSS for disposal by the authorised agency, Enviro Engineers," it said.
"However, on the night of February 21, while shifting biomedical waste to the BMW complex, sanitation workers reportedly left the door of the waste complex open and unattended. It is suspected that during this time, a stray dog managed to pull the amputated limb out of the packed waste bag. The next day, an empty waste bag was found outside the BMW complex," it added.
The report further revealed that sanitation workers attempted to trace the missing limb but were unsuccessful. It was later recovered from the dog.
Based on the report, the hospital management has sought explanations from the sanitation supervisor and sanitation staff and stated that further disciplinary action will be taken based on their responses, the officials said.
Additionally, the sanitation contractor has been directed to strictly adhere to biomedical waste management protocols and the disposal agency has been instructed to ensure timely clearance of biomedical waste from the hospital premises in accordance with prescribed guidelines, they said.
