Four bike-borne people and two bikes were killed after a UPSRTC bus rammed into their bikes in Greater Noida on Wednesday afternoon, said police. During investigation it came to light that the bus driver suddenly suffered an attack and lost control over the moving vehicle.
Police said, “The deceased were Karan, 35, a resident of Sikandarabad; Sunil, 30, a resident of Dhamni village in Bulandshahr; Madan, 35, a resident of Mirzapur; Kamlesh, 30, died while undergoing treatment.”
HT reported “On Wednesday around 1pm, the UPSRTC bus was heading towards Bulandshahr from Dankaur, when its driver Devendra suffered an attack of some sort and fell unconscious, thus losing control of the vehicle while approaching the main road from Mandi Shyam Nagar Bridge in Dankaur. The bus then rammed two bikes coming from the opposite side,”
The collision was such that both motorcycles were completely damaged and two bikers, Karan and Sunil, riding on one of the bikes, died on the spot. Police were alerted on the emergency helpline number 112, and a team from Dankaur police station rushed to the spot.“Two of the injured men — Madan and Kamlesh — were rushed to a nearby hospital, where Madan died while undergoing treatment and Kamlesh was referred to another hospital, where he later died,” said the SHO.
Singh said, “After hitting the motorcycles, the bus stopped as both the bikes got stuck under the bus and the driver’s leg mistakenly applied the brakes. The driver fell unconscious towards the window side. The driver’s condition is being checked to ascertain why he fell unconscious and what kind of attack he had suffered. He is out of danger for now.” All 20 passengers who were on the bus are also safe .
