7-yr-old falls through UP school bus floor, dies
AGRA, March 2 -- A seven-year-old girl slipped out of a broken floor of a school bus and was crushed to death by its moving wheel in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh district, police said, adding that the driver and school management were booked for culpable homicide and the vehicle, operating without a valid fitness certificate, was seized.
Sanjeev Kumar Tomar, DSP Charra Circle, Aligarh, said the driver was taken into custody.
According to the police, the victim, Ananya Kumar, was a student of kindergarten at Mount Dev International School in Bhudia and lived with her family in Naibhay village. The incident happened on Saturday, when the school bus had crossed into neighbouring Kasganj district to drop off another student.
"Ananya was seated above the rear tyre when the decayed floor gave way. Her brother Yajat, a Class 1 student at the same school, witnessed the incident and raised an alarm. The bus halted, but Ananya was critically injured. The driver, Chandra Prakash, rushed her to Malsai Crossing, where her father, Ravi Kumar, runs a Jan Suvidha Kendra, but she died before any help could reach her," said Tomar.
An angry mob gathered at the spot, thrashed the driver and damaged the bus, triggering a traffic jam on the Aligarh-Kasganj road. Police from Dholna police station in Kasganj district reached the spot and pacified the crowd. The driver was later handed over to the Gangiri police station in Aligarh.
The 40-seater school bus was operating without a fitness certificate across rural stretches in both Aligarh and Kasganj districts, police said.
Ravi alleged that he had raised concerns about the bus's poor condition and its broken floor with the school management during a parent-teacher meeting, but received no response. The school management did not respond to HT's queries for a comment.
District magistrate Sanjeev Suman directed the RTO to launch an extensive checking campaign across the district....
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