3 dead, 4 injured as cluster bus runs over crowd in Delhi

Three people were killed while four others sustained injuries in a bus accident on main Wazirabad Road in the national capital on Thursday late night. The accident took place when the driver lost control over the bus and hit another vehicle and a street vendor's shop across the footpath opposite to Nand Nagari Depot.

New Delhi:At least three people, including a minor boy, were killed and four others grievously injured as a cluster bus lost control on a flyover and rammed into a crowd in northeast Delhi's Nand Nagri on Thursday night.

The injured were rushed to the hospital where their condition is said to be serious.

After the accident, which happened near the Nand Nagri depot, the enraged public gathered at the spot and vandalised the bus and tried to set it on fire but was dispersed by the Delhi Police.

"We received a call at around 9.40 p.m. that a cluster bus lost control and rammed into some people at the flyover. Immediately, teams were dispatched to the spot. Two persons, including a 12-year-old boy and a 22-year-old man, succumbed to their injuries, and at least four are hospitalised," DCP, Northeast, Ved Prakash Surya said.

According to some eyewitnesses, the bus lost control and hit many vehicles, including a truck, before hitting the crowd in front of the depot and killing two people on the spot.

"The driver of the cluster bus has been apprehended and legal procedure is underway," the DCP said.

(With inputs from agency)