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Bus kills cyclist, crashes into four vehicles in Noida

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Posted: Feb 08, 2008 at 0010 hrs IST

NOIDA, March 7 An Uttar Pradesh Road Transport Corporation bus ran over a person on Friday and crashed into four vehicles near Barola village in Noida injuring 8 others. The bus, part of the special fleet run by the UP government on the Noida-Greater Noida route, was smashed by an angry mob. Some people even tried to torch the bus but the police stopped them.

The man killed, who was cycling, has not been identified yet. After running over the cyclist, the bus crashed into a parked Chevrolet Tavera, a scooter and two motorcycles. According to the police, three of the eight people injured are in the Intensive Care Unit at Prayag Hospital in Sector-41, while others are in the emergency ward.

According to eyewitness, the incident took place around 11 am and the driver and conductor fled the spot immediately. “People tried to block the road but we managed the situation and prompt action was taken,” said SP (City) Rakesh Gautam. This is the second such incident in the past couple of months.

Another car jacking case on Mehrauli-Gurgaon Road
Gurgaon: A taxi was car jacked around midnight on Thursday on Mehrauli-Gurgaon Road near Hamilton Hotel . Naveen Kumar, a resident of Faridabad, who runs a taxi service for one of the BPOs in Gurgaon, was returning home after dropping off passengers in Vikas Puri. On the way, three men asked him for a lift at the Ring Road and near Hamilton Chowk they overpowered Kumar and threw him out of the car and sped away in the Chervolet Tavera. “We are certain it was not call centre employees who took the car, but rather three labourers who probably live in one of these temporary hutments in Gurgaon,” said the Station House Officer Mohamad Hussain. Based on the descriptions provided by Kumar, the police are checking out the slums and have also notified Delhi Police, he added.

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