Bhubaneswar: Two accidents involving the city bus service rocked Bhubaneswar as an auto-rickshaw driver was killed while a woman passenger suffered critical injuries after an electric bus rammed into an auto-rickshaw at Rupali Square, Saturday.
Another accident took place at the same spot as another city bus hit a scooter from rear, leaving a man critically injured. In the first incident, the electric bus hit the auto-rickshaw from rear. As a result of the impact, the auto-rickshaw hit a school bus in front of it and got sandwiched between the two buses. The driver died instantly in the mangled auto and the woman passenger sustained critical injuries.
Locals rushed the woman to a nearby hospital. Before people could capture the driver, he, along with his helper, fled from the spot. Tension escalated on the spot with locals blaming the city bus drivers for rash driving. Tension escalated on the spot following the accident, and traffic remained stranded for prolonged hours. In the second incident, which took place at the same spot, a scooter driver suffered injuries after a city bus hit his scooter from rear. Tension immediately escalated on the spot as the locals, who were furious since the first incident, vandalised the bus.
