In an incident of reckless driving, a 17-year-old girl died and another girl was severely injured when they fell from a moving bus in Punjab’s Sangrur district on Monday. The incident was captured on the CCTV installed at the bus station.
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The deceased has been identified as Shobha, a resident of Nainital, who had come to Sangrur to spend holidays. Manju Devi, who was injured in the accident, was rushed to the nearby hospital and undergoing treatment. She claimed that the mishap occurred due to negligence on the part of the bus driver as he refused to stop the bus when they asked him to, following which she and her niece Shobha fell off the bus as they tried to de-board the moving vehicle.
Manju said that they boarded the bus from Sangrur and when they reached near Government Ranbir College, she asked the conductor to stop the bus as they both wanted to de-board it. The driver slowed the bus down, but the moment Shobha and Manju tried to get down, the driver immediately increased the speed, following which Shobha fell down and her head hit the road and she died on the spot.
Meanwhile, the police said that they had inspected the CCTV footage and found that the girl was talking to somebody on mobile while she was de-boarding the bus and her foot slipped, due to which she fell down. However, the family of the deceased and injured has alleged that instead of taking action, the police was saving the culprits.