Day after bus mows down two: CCTV footage shows vehicle rammed into more cars

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The bus then hit the cars once more, sandwiching the cycle-rickshaw between the van and a tempo. Several people gathered around to push the Maruti van in another direction and save the children.

The footage then showed the bus coming to a screeching halt after a person leaped on to the window on the driver’s side and switched off the engine.
However, according to an eyewitness Sanjay Kanojia, the bus had already mowed down two people — 21-year-old Suraj, a resident of the area, and 48-year-old auto-rickshaw driver Keshav — before it hit the cars.

Describing the scene, he said a helper with a water-bottling company — who was travelling in the tempo — had come under the bus.

Kanojia added, “Two property dealers also suffered injuries in the accident. One of the man’s legs had come under the wheels of the bus. My uncle pulled out the man after the bus came to a halt. Two more people were hit by the bus but they were not badly injured.”

The bus stopped abruptly just outside Kotwali police station, said eyewitnesses. They said people got into the bus and yelled at the driver, but they calmed down after two women, who were inside the bus, explained the ordeal.

“They said the driver had lost consciousness, as a result of which the bus careened out of control. People then pulled the driver out of the bus and found he was unconscious,” said Kanojia. Police identified the bus driver as Wajid Ali (40), a resident of Khajoori Khas. According to police, Ali was found unconscious and rushed to trauma centre, where he was declared brought dead. He might have suffered a stroke or seizure, but the cause of death will be established once the autopsy report is out, police sources said.

Police are also looking into whether the driver lost consciousness before or after the accident. “Analysis of CCTV footage showed that something went wrong with the driver, which is why he lost control,” said DCP (North) Madhur Verma.