Bus driver runs over, kills three siblings in Hinjewadi; arrested
PUNE, Dec. 2 -- Three school-going siblings, aged 6, 9 and 16, were killed and three others, including their 17-year-old elder sister, were injured on Monday evening when a speeding bus of a private company, allegedly driven under the influence of alcohol, rammed a two-wheeler and then ploughed into pedestrians in Pune. The accident occurred around 5.45 pm, and the driver was arrested on the spot.
Devendra Prasad, father of the children, who migrated to Pune from Uttar Pradesh 15 years ago and runs a laundry shop, said, "Our children were returning from school. They were on the footpath when they were crushed. It wasn't their mistake..."
The children studied at a government school, a few metres from the accident site.
According to eyewitnesses, the private company bus, driven by Nagnath Rajabahu Gujar (36) of Bhosari. Police said a breath test and preliminary inquiry confirmed the driver was intoxicated and speeding. P9...
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