After hitting the motorcycles, the bus stopped. (Representative Image)
The incident happened around 1 pm on Wednesday when the UPSRTC bus was heading towards Bulandshahr from Dankaur.
Four people on two motorcycles died on Wednesday afternoon after they were hit by an Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) bus in the Dankaur area of Greater Noida, police said. The accident occurred after the bus driver reportedly fainted and hit the two bikes coming from the opposite side. Twenty passengers onboard the bus didn’t suffer any injury.
Dankaur Station house officer Sanjay Kumar Singh said that the deceased have been identified as Karan, 22 who is a resident of Sikandrabad; Sunil, 30, a resident of Dhamni Village in Bulandshahr, Madan, 26 of Hathras and Kamlesh, 35 from Mirzapur.
“The bus 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,” he added.
The bus then rammed two bikes coming from the opposite side. Karan and Sunil, riding one of the bikes, died on the spot.
Police were informed on the emergency helpline number 112 and a team from Dankaur police station rushed to the spot. The SHO informed that the other two injured men – Madan and Kamlesh – were rushed to the nearby hospital where Madan died during his treatment and Kamlesh was referred to another hospital where he died later.
After hitting the motorcycles, the bus stopped. The driver fell unconscious towards the window side of his seat. The driver’s condition is being monitored to ascertain why he fell unconscious and the kind of attack he suffered. Currently, he is out of danger.
The police department is currently investigating the case and said that a case will be filed of death by negligence and other relevant sections under the Indian Penal Code after receiving a formal complaint will be registered by the deceased’s family members. More information is awaited.
Source: News18