BMTC bus kills pedestrian, rams seven parked vehicles

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August 30, 2013

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Bangalore, Aug 30: For 25-year-old Sanjay Mahesh Angadi , it was just another working day. He was walking on 1st Main, Chamarajpet, around noon when he heard a strange noise and turned around. To his shock, a BMTC bus was hurtling towards him and before he knew what was happening , it crushed him to death.

The bus was plying between Chamarajpet and Vijaynagar. The driver stopped at the Royan Circle and then started again. A few minutes later, he started going in a zig-zag manner, said a passenger. Initial investigation into the accident said it may have been a technical snag resulting in brake failure . The bus knocked down seven parked vehicles before mowing down Sanjay, a field executive with a private internet service company. The damaged vehicles included a water tanker, two autorickshaws , three two-wheelers and a goods auto carrier. Sanjay was walking to Chamarajpet 2nd Main to attend to a problem when the accident occurred . The technician, a native of Banahatti in Bagalkot, stayed in Rajajinagar I Block and is survived by wife Suma Angadi and a 6-month-old daughter.

Bus driver Naveen, attached to the 16th depot, fled the scene leaving behind the vehicle (KA 01 F 4955). He was later arrested by Chamarajpet police. "He claims the brakes failed. But we're waiting for the RTO officer's report which will confirm if there was any technical snag," police said.

Chaos after accident

Enraged onlookers pelted stones at the bus and damaged the windshield. Their fury increased when no BMTC official visited the spot and traffic was affected for nearly 30 minutes as over 40 protesters blocked traffic.

Balakrishna Gowda, a passenger in the killer bus, told mediapersons, "The bus started from Makkala Koota stop and suddenly started swerving. I stood up and saw the driver trying to stop the vehicle by standing on the brake pedal. The bus brushed a mini-truck and headed to the parked vehicles. Only after getting down did we hear that a pedestrian had died," he said. Autorickshaw driver Shanta Kumar saw the driver taking an injured person in an auto. "After the accident, the driver got down and bundled Nanjunde Gowda, who sustained injuries to his right leg, into an auto and left the accident spot," he said.

Sanjay's colleagues staged a protest outside the KIMS hospital mortuary, condemning BMTC officials for running buses with technical snags. BMTC announced compensation of Rs 15,000 to his family.

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June 17,2020

Moradabad, Jun 17: Two children died after they accidentally got locked inside a car while playing in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad, the police said.

Four children, aged between 4 and 7 years, locked themselves inside the car while playing and were found unconscious soon after, the police added.

"All four children were found unconscious in a car and they were taken to the hospital. Two of them died and the other two are undergoing treatment at the hospital," said Amit Kumar Anand, superintendent of police (city) Moradabad.

The children were related to each other, the police said.

The man who owns the car said the children had locked themselves inside. "When we reached, the children were in an unconscious state. Two of the four children died. The incident occurred around 8 am."

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Agencies
February 26,2020

Kota, Feb 26: At least 24 people died and four others sustained injuries as a private bus carrying a wedding party fell into a river on Kota–Dausa highway in Bundi district on Wednesday morning, police said.

The wedding party with 28 persons on board was headed to Sawai Madhopur from Kota early morning when the driver apparently lost balance of the bus while traversing a bridge near Papdi village under Lekhari police station limits, Lakheri Sub-Inspector Rajendra Kumar said.

The bus, subsequently, plunged into Mej river from the bridge that had no wall or railing, Kumar said.

Thirteen people died on the spot while 10 others succumbed to their injuries on way to hospital, he added.

The deaths include 11 men, 10 women and three children.

The injured were rushed to Lekhari government hospital from where the critically injured are being referred to a government hospital in Kota, the SI further said.

Most of the injured people were rescued with the help of locals in the village, he added.

Mej river is a tributary of the Chambal river in Rajasthan.

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January 14,2020

Farukkhabad, Jan 14: In a shocking incident, a new-born baby was mauled to death by a dog inside the operation theatre (OT) of a private hospital in Farukkhabad on Monday.

Family members of the baby boy said that they noticed the hospital staff shooing a dog away from inside the operation theatre and soon after, they were told the baby boy, born just two hours ago, was dead.

The family members said that they found the baby's body on the floor and it had deep gashes around the neck and other parts of the body.

District magistrate Manvendra Singh has ordered an FIR and the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Chandra Shekhar said the hospital has been sealed and an inquiry ordered into the incident.

Sources said that the hospital where the incident took place was unregistered and was being run adjacent to a government hospital.

According to the FIR lodged with Sadar Kotwali police, the infant's father Ravi Kumar said he had admitted his wife Kanchan in the hospital on Monday and she was taken for a C-section to the operation theatre.

After the delivery, Kanchan was shifted to the ward but the family was told that the baby would be shifted later.

An hour later, the family was informed that the baby had died.

The family members then saw the hospital staff trying to chase a dog out of the operation theatre.

The family members forced their way into the operation theatre and found the infant lying on the floor with several injuries on the neck.

The police said that the baby's body has been preserved for examination and post mortem.

The FIR has been registered against Dr Mohit Gupta, and some of the staff members who were present during the delivery.

The hospital owner, Vijay Patel, however, feigned complete ignorance about the incident and said that he had been told that the baby was born dead.

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