Class VIII student killed as RTC bus hits motorcycle in Jubilee Hills

A 14-year-old backstage schoolhouse pupil died aft an RTC autobus deed a motorcycle connected Road No. 5 successful Jubilee Hills connected Saturday day astatine astir 2 p.m. Her begetter and 10-year-old younger member sustained injuries.

The deceased was identified arsenic Keerthika, a people VIII student. Her begetter Durga Prasad, a watchman, was bringing the miss and her member Sai backmost from schoolhouse erstwhile the mishap occurred adjacent the metro station.

According to the police, an electrical RTC bus, allegedly driven successful a rash and negligent manner, collided with the motorcycle, causing each 3 of them to autumn connected the road. Keerthika came nether the rear instrumentality of the autobus and died connected the spot owed to a caput injury. While Sai sustained fractures, Durga Prasad suffered insignificant injuries.

Preliminary probe indicated that determination was h2o connected the roadworthy and a wrongly parked car which whitethorn person contributed to the incidental arsenic the autobus moved person to the broadside of the roadworthy earlier hitting the motorcycle.

Bus operator Tirupathi has been taken into custody and further probe is underway.