NOIDA: An Uttar Pradesh roadways bus ran over as many as seven labourers in Gautam Buddha Nagar district, killing four of them and injuring the rest, police said on Thursday.
According to ADCP (Central Noida) Vishal Pandey, seven workers of Hero Motors were hit by the bus from the Nodia depot. “Three workers of Hero Motors Company were killed, and one other died during medical treatment after they were hit by a bus from the Noida depot under Badalpur police station area. The bus has been seized and a search operation is under way to nab the accused bus driver”, said the police officer.
Police said that the deceased have been identified as Sankeshwar Kumar Das (25), Mohari Kumar (22), Satish (25), and Azad (34). While three of them died on the spot, Azad died while undergoing treatment in the hospital. The three injured Anuj, Dharmveer and Sandeep were earlier admitted to the district hospital in Gautam Budh Nagar from where they have been referred to Safdarjanj Hospital in Delhi.
The roadways bus has been sent to the police station concerned and the bodies of the deceased have been sent for post-mortem, police said. The driver is still absconding and efforts are being made to nab him, after which a case will be registered against him, police added. (ANI)