17 October,2023 08:18 PM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondent
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Delhi accident: At least five school children and the driver of a van in which they were travelling, were injured after a school bus reportedly rammed into it in southwest Delhi on Tuesday afternoon, police said, reported the PTI.
According to the news agency, the injured were taken to a hospital, where all the children, who received minor bruises, were discharged after treatment. However, the van driver is recuperating in the hospital, police said.
The accident took place at Basantara Line near Kendriya Vidyalaya.
"It is suspected that the bus was moving on the wrong side due to which the accident took place. A case under relevant section of the IPC has been registered and investigation is underway," a police officer said, according to the PTI.
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The school bus driver fled from the spot, as per the PTI.
Meanwhile, an official from the Regional Transport Office (RTO) disclosed that the pending motor vehicle (MV) tax of a private minibus involved in a fatal accident on the Samruddhi Expressway was paid online within less than four hours after the tragic collision claimed 12 lives, stated a report in PTI.
The ill-fated minibus, registered at the Nashik Regional Transport Office, had its MV tax paid online for the periods between September 1 and 30 and October 1 and 31. The payment was made at 4:13 AM on October 15, shortly after the accident that occurred around 12:30 PM in the Vaijapur area of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district.
The minibus was found to be carrying 35 passengers, nearly double the permitted capacity of 18, and lacked a valid permit at the time of the accident. Records indicated that the minibus was registered at the Nashik RTO on October 14, 2016, the report further added.
The RTO had not issued any permits for the minibus in over five months, with the last permit being a 'special permit' granted on April 20, 2023, specifically for the Nashik-Garudeshwar journey.
"In more than five months, the RTO had not issued any permit to the minibus. The last permit issued was a 'special permit' dated April 20, 2023, which was valid between April 20 and 24 for Nashik- Garudeshwar journey," an official told PTI.
Nashik RTO officer Pradeep Shinde confirmed that the MV tax payment was received a few hours after the accident and verified that the minibus was operating without a valid permit during the tragic crash.
The accident appeared to occur when the speeding minibus, bound for Nashik, collided with a stationary container truck near Vaijapur at approximately 12:30 am on that fateful Sunday, leading to 12 fatalities and 23 injuries. The truck involved was reportedly stopped by an RTO team on the expressway. Consequently, a case was registered against the truck driver, Brijesh Kumar Chandel, as well as two RTO officials identified as Pradeep Rathod and Nitinkumar Gonarkar.
(with PTI inputs)
