Hyderabad news: RTC bus crushes intermediate student

Hyderabad: In a tragic incident, an intermediate student died after being hit by a Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) bus in Yousufguda on Friday. The incident occurred when the victim, Mehreen (16), a first-year intermediate student at a private junior college in Yousufguda, was on her way to college in the bus.

According to the police, Mehreen accidentally slipped and came under the front wheel of the bus. “The bus driver, not realising that she had fallen, did not stop the vehicle and drove it forward. As a result, she was hit by the bus. She sustained serious injuries and died on the spot,” a police officer said. Other motorists and pedestrians passing through the route noticed and rushed to her rescue, but to no avail. On receiving information, Madhura Nagar police reached the spot and began investigations.