New Delhi: A young girl was crushed to death after slipping and falling through a hole in the floor of a school bus in Agra, Uttar Pradesh (UP). The incident came just weeks after a similar incident was reported from Kasganj in the state. The victim this time was a 9-year-old girl, said reports.
School bus was damaged, wood covered floor
According to a report in the Indian Express, the 9-year-old girl slipped through a hole in the school bus. The hole was reportedly closed using a wooden board, which was kept on the floor of the bus. The incident happened on Wednesday.
The Agra Circle Officer, Devesh Singh said that the driver of the bus fled the scene after the girl slipped out of the vehicle and fell on the road. The police said that they are still trying to ascertain how exactly the accident happened and the girl fell off the bus. The officials are in touch with the parents of the girl and also other children who used to travel on that same bus daily.
The victim has been identified as Naina, a Class 1 student. She was a resident of Etmadpur area in Agra and travelled to her school along with other children from her locality, on the same school bus daily.
School took girl to hospital
According to eyewitnesses, who saw the girl falling from the hole in the bus, they alerted school authorities immediately. The school took the injured child to a hospital, but she was declared dead on arrival by the doctors at the facility.
The other children travelling in the bus were later dropped home by the school authorities, who made alternate arrangements for them. The school had informed Naina’s family regarding the incident and they rushed to the hospital, but by the time they arrived, the child had already died.
In a similar incident reported from Kasganj on March 1, a 7-year-old girl had died after falling through a hole in the rickety school bus, she was travelling in. The kindergarden student was returning home from school in the afternoon. She was crushed under the wheels of the bus.
The driver of the bus and a school manager were booked in the case. The FIR was registered for culpable homicide, not amounting to murder.