One Dead, Several Injured as DTC Bus Rams into Pedestrians in Delhi's Anand Parbat

New Delhi: A speeding Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) bus swerved out of control and rammed into a group of pedestrians and commuters on Saturday, leaving one person dead and several others injured. The incident triggered panic and chaos in the busy locality as passersby rushed to aid the victims.

The woman driving the bus is being traced. Stones were pelted at the bus, damaging its windowpanes, before the police arrived. An eyewitness, speaking to ANI, said, “...A woman was driving the bus. 2-3 people got hit and were injured; one died on the spot. One scooty is still stuck under the bus.” Another eyewitness said, “A woman was driving the bus. An incident occurred 1.5 months ago, and even then no action was taken...”

Further details are awaited. Earlier in the day, in a separate incident, eight passengers were killed, and more than six others were injured after a bus overturned on the Delhi-Mumbai Motorway in Rajasthan's Kota. District Collector Peeyush Samariya said, “Eight people have been brought to death so far. All critical patients have been shifted to the ICU, and their treatment has begun.”

According to Station House Officer (SHO) Nand Singh, the injured passengers have been admitted to a hospital, where they are undergoing treatment. The bus was carrying passengers from Madhya Pradesh to Khatu Shyam when the accident happened.