New Delhi: Hours after a DTC bus killed one man and injured four others, another DTC bus claimed the life of a motorcyclist in a separate accident in southwest Delhi’s Vasant Kunj Saturday.Pramod Malik, a resident of Haryana, worked as a cab driver. He was travelling from his home in Masoodpur towards Mahipalpur when the incident occurred. He was struck by the bus near Fortis Hospital in Vasant Kunj and was subsequently taken to AIIMS trauma centre, where doctors declared him dead.As per eyewitnesses, the DTC bus allegedly hit the motorcycle and ran over the rider before fleeing the spot.Police said the bus allegedly involved in the incident has been seized, and efforts are under way to apprehend the driver. An FIR has been registered under sections relating to rash driving on a public way and causing death by negligence as per BNS at Vasant Kunj south police station. No response from DTC was received.A similar incident had occurred Saturday, in which a DEVi bus had crushed two scooters at a T-point in central Delhi’s Anand Parbat, killing a 40-year-old man and injuring four others. The driver, Renu Bala (26), fled the spot after the incident and was apprehended later in the evening. The bus was allegedly vandalised by locals.In Aug, a 60-year-old woman was allegedly run over by a DTC bus near outer Delhi’s Pooth Kalan bus stand. The buses were vandalised by locals in both incidents. Later, in the same month, a 12-year-old schoolgirl was killed by an electric DTC bus while she was on her way to attend Independence Day celebrations at her school. The girl was travelling on a scooter with her uncle when the bus, allegedly being driven in the wrong lane, hit them in the New Ashok Nagar area.
