Speeding BMTC bus crushed scooter rider to death,two other injured in accident,driver arrested by Chikkajala Traffic Police

Yogesh K Porwar & Avanth Kumar Kankariya

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35-year-old scooter rider was killed while two others escaped with minor injuries when a speeding BMTC bus lost control and collided with a series of vehicle moving ahead in Chikkajala on Friday night.

The deceased Ayub,and his bike struck under the Bus was pulled out and rushed to a private hospital where he succumbed later .

The bus was moving from Nagawara to Hedge nagar. Two cars and three two wheelers damaged in the accident.

The driver claimed that the brake failure led to the accident,but the police are awaiting the experts report to ascertain the cause of accident.

Traffic on the busy main road was disrupted for sometime until the police cleared the traffic .

The driver of the bus arrested under death due to negligence and rash and negligent driving while the bus has been seized for further investigations.